NASA mission to "touch the sun".

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An announcement is imminent about a mission to send a probe into the sun's atmosphere. I might be alive when it reaches the sun.
The announcement will be live streamed on Wed 31 May on NASA TV from 11am EDT (4pm BST). The link is here: https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html#public

Information about this mission can be found here: http://www.newsweek.com/nasa-touch-sun-solar-probe-plus-watch-live-online-617241

Solar Probe Plus is due to launch in July or August 2018, over 50 years since the concept was first proposed. It will make its close approach to the sun in December 2024, having carried out a flyby of Venus and a host of observations before it enters the solar atmosphere.