NASA is getting ready to send a spacecraft closer to the sun than ever before

NASA's Solar Probe Plus mission is set to launch in 2018, and will travel to within 4 million miles of the sun. Image: REUTERS/NASA/Handout via Reuters
Ali Sundermier
Science Reporter, Business Insider

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