Two European spacecraft perform dramatic world-first solar eclipse maneuver
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Two European spacecraft successfully performed a groundbreaking solar eclipse maneuver in orbit. The ESA's Proba-3 mission aligned two spacecraft 150 meters apart with millimeter precision, allowing the Coronagraph to study the Sun's corona while the Occulter blocked direct sunlight. This world-first achievement enables advanced solar research and demonstrates autonomous precision formation flying in space, potentially leading to new scientific discoveries about the Sun's atmosphere.
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