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Which was launched in 2018, had to withstand intense heat and radiation during the mission. scientists say it will help provide a better understanding of how the sun works. earlier my colleague annita mcveigh spoke to dr imogen whittam, an astrophycisist from the university of oxford and asked her how difficult this mission is. it is obviously hugely challenging to send a probe actually into the sun's atmosphere, because the temperatures can reach over1 million degrees, so you have got to design a spacecraft which is not only to withstand those temperatures but actually be able to use instrume...