The Helios Missions (VIDEO)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

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In the days before Parker Solar Probe, the record-breaking spacecraft for speed and closest approach to the sun were the two Helios probes, launched in the mid-1970s. This visualization shows the orbits of Helios 1 and Helios 2, from an oblique view above the ecliptic plane.

Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4YtTRb-c4g

Download in HD: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4703

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Tom Bridgman/NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio

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