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Hi-C Rocket Experiment Achieves Never-Before-Seen Look at Solar Flares


After months of preparation and years since its last flight, the upgraded High Resolution Coronal Imager Flare mission – Hi-C Rocket Flare, for short – took to the skies for a never-before-seen view of a solar flare.

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