Japan launches Solar-B spacecraft
Japan launched the international Solar-B spacecraft Sept. 23 on a three-year mission to study the sun's atmosphere and the violent coronal mass ejections that can disrupt communications and power grids on Earth. Liftoff of the solid-fueled M-5 launch vehicle came at 6:36 a.m. local time at the...
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