#Solar Orbiter ready for science despite COVID-19 setbacks
“#Solar Orbiter ready for science despite COVID-19 setbacks” Solar Orbiter instruments. Credit: ESA-S.Poletti ESA’s Solar Orbiter has successfully completed four months of painstaking technical verification, known as commissioning. Despite the challenges imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the spacecraft is now ready to begin performing science as it continues its cruise towards the sun. When Solar…