Solar observation mission celebrates 15 years
Friday, December 3, 2010 - 13:30
in Astronomy & Space
On December 2, 1995, the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory or SOHO was launched into space from Cape Canaveral aboard an Atlas IIAS rocket. The joint ESA/NASA project began its work observing the sun at a time when the term "solar weather" was almost never used.