Science | Solar odyssey

Will we one day be able to get closer to the Sun, a star whose coolest zone is around 3,500°C (over 6,300°F), and whose heart is burning at more than 15 million degrees? Let's hop aboard two space missions that will try to get closer to the Sun than ever before: Parker Solar Probe and the Solar Orbiter. How did these daunting missions come to see the light of day? And what can they teach us?