Landers feel the heat on space missions

Space is certainly a cold place, but spacecraft have to face extremely high temperatures when they are exposed to the Sun’s radiation. However, there are other extreme situations in which spacecraft are subject to tremendous heat. ESA’s spacecraft must endure temperatures from hell…

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