Parker Solar Probe
China launches space observatory to study solar events
The Advanced Space-Based Solar Observatory (ASO-S) took off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre situated in Inner Mongolia
NASA spacecraft touches outer atmosphere of Sun for first time
The Parker Solar Probe, launched in 2018, has been orbiting the Sun. The craft has a carbon composite shield which protects the instruments inside it from the scorching heat of around 1370 degree Celsius