NASA launches craft to peer at the Sun 20 years ago this hour (Dec 2 1995)

1990s, space exploration


Video: 'NASA/ESA SOHO - Launch, December 2, 1995'

(Saturday, December 2, 1995, 3:08 a.m. EST) — NASA today launched the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), a joint project of the United States and the European Space Agency, on a $1 billion mission to study the sun and interplanetary space.