Solar-B Launch
November 27, 2012
Solar-B, an international mission to study the sun, launches from Uchinoura Space Center in Kagoshima, Japan. In orbit, Solar-B's newly given nickname is "Hinode" -- or sunrise.
Image credit: JAXA
Topics:
Environment, Technology Internet, Japanese space program, Space, Spaceflight, Uchinoura Space Center, 25143 Itokawa, Hinode, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Sunrise, Sun
