1 00:00:01,060 --> 00:00:05,420 There are hundreds of millions of stars in our galaxy.  2 00:00:05,420 --> 00:00:11,590 We can only really closely see one solar system, our own. 3 00:00:11,590 --> 00:00:14,740 The Sun is a massive dynamic place. 4 00:00:14,740 --> 00:00:18,070 Its impact is felt across the solar system. 5 00:00:18,070 --> 00:00:20,280 It affects our technology in space 6 00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:22,380 and it affects our astronauts. 7 00:00:22,380 --> 00:00:27,320 We’re still trying to understand the Sun. 8 00:00:27,320 --> 00:00:30,820 Three new missions are going to help us understand our star 9 00:00:30,820 --> 00:00:35,340 like never before. 10 00:00:35,340 --> 00:00:38,310 They will monitor the Sun's effects from up close, 11 00:00:38,310 --> 00:00:41,820 out to the edges of the solar system. 12 00:00:41,820 --> 00:00:48,280 We need to understand how our own home in the galaxy was created. 13 00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:52,760 Every time we've gone someplace new, we've been surprised. 14 00:00:52,760 --> 00:00:54,790 We expect there to be great discoveries of things 15 00:00:54,790 --> 00:00:59,440 we can't even envision today. 16 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:10,293 Text: Watch live.