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SOHO (ESA & NASA, built in Europe) 1995. The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory has made many discoveries about the Sun’s interior and explosive atmosphere, and it monitors solar storms 24 hours a day. Huygens (ESA’s contribution to the NASA Cassini mission) 1997. Huygens will parachute through the hazy atmosphere of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, and provide a look at the chemical make-up of Titan. Rosetta (ESA, plus German-French-led lander) 2003. The target is Comet Wirtanen, which Rosetta will fly beside for many months, observing it from a close orbit and depositing a lander on the surface. |
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