With the assist of gravitational boosts from the moon, twin spacecraft in late January completed a series of maneuvers that will enable them to take three-dimensional images of the sun.
NEW DIMENSION. Like two eyeballs in space, the twin STEREO spacecraft will view the sun from differing perspectives, providing a three-dimensional map of solar disturbances.
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