{"id":644487,"date":"2020-01-28T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=644487"},"modified":"2020-01-28T05:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-01-28T09:00:00","slug":"solar-orbiter-the-sun-close-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=644487","title":{"rendered":"Solar Orbiter \u2013 the Sun close-up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Solar_Orbiter_the_Sun_close-up_card_full.png\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n\tVideo:<br \/>\n\t\t\t00:03:20<\/p>\n<p>ESA\u2019s mission to the Sun, Solar Orbiter, is due for launch on an Atlas V 411 from Cape Canaveral, Florida on 7 February 23:15 EST \/ 04:15 GMT \/ 05:15 CET on 8 Feb.<\/p>\n<p>Equipped with a suite of ten scientific instruments, Solar Orbiter will capture the first images of the Sun\u2019s poles and make detailed observations of solar activity. Its specially designed heatshield is capable of enduring temperatures of more than 500\u00baC.<\/p>\n<p>This A and B roll includes footage of launch preparations in Florida and interviews with mission leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Solar Orbiter is a space mission of international collaboration between ESA and NASA. The spacecraft has been developed by Airbus.<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\n Click here for original story, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Videos\/2020\/01\/Solar_Orbiter_the_Sun_close-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Solar Orbiter \u2013 the Sun close-up<\/a>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: ESA Space News&#013;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video: 00:03:20 ESA\u2019s mission to the Sun, Solar Orbiter, is due for launch on an Atlas V 411 from Cape Canaveral, Florida on 7 February 23:15 EST \/ 04:15 GMT&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":644488,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-644487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ESA"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=644487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644487\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/644488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=644487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=644487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=644487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}