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NASA will be launching spacecraft as close to the sun as possible

NASA will soon be launching Parker Probe, which will be the first spacecraft to "touch" the sun, hurtling through the solar atmosphere and coming within just 3.8 million miles of the surface. CBS News Space Analyst Bill Harwood joined us from just miles away from the launch pad.
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