Solar Probe Plus: NASA spacecraft to touch Sun

Solar Probe Plus: NASA spacecraft to touch Sun

New Delhi: The US space agency, NASA, is expected to make a big announcement about its plan to launch a new spacecraft that will fly directly into our Sun's atmosphere this week.

NASA will reveal details about its new mission at an event at 11 a.m. EDT Wednesday, May 31. The event will air live on NASA Television and the agency’s website.

The Solar Probe Plus which the agency called it as the first ever mission to 'touch the Sun', is scheduled to launch in the summer of 2018.