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Solar Orbiter blasts off to capture 1st look at sun's poles

by AP Aerospace Writer
| February 9, 2020 8:30 PM

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Europe and NASA's Solar Orbiter rocketed into space Sunday night on an unprecedented mission to capture the first pictures of the sun's elusive poles.

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