Skoltech Professor Attended the Solar Orbiter Launch

On February 9 EST, the European Space Agency, in corroboration with NASA, launched the Solar Orbiter Probe. The spacecraft was launched aboard an Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex on Cape Canaveral (Florida, USA). This will be the first mission ever to observe the solar poles. Tatiana Podladchikova, an assistant professor at Skoltech, attended the launch. We caught up with Tatiana to learn about what’s in store for the scientific community if everything goes ...