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PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere)

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    NASA’s PUNCH Mission Reaches Science Orbit, Releases Data

    Three overlapping images form a mosaic that shows numerous background stars and a bright glow from the Sun. A triangular blank space is left at the center of the mosaic, bordered by the inner edges of the three images. Around this blank area in the images, where the Sun would be, is a bright white glow of sunlight that transitions to a dimmer yellow glow farther from the center. In the rightmost image are two vertical white streaks extending from two bright dots (the planets Mercury and Venus).

    All four spacecraft of NASA’s PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission have successfully maneuvered into their final science orbits as of Aug 7. Launched into Earth orbit on March 11, PUNCH’s four suitcase-sized spacecraft are now spread out along the planet’s day-night boundary, giving the mission a continuous, unobstructed view of the Sun […]

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