A shekarar 1980, NASA ta kaddamar da Solar Maximum Mission. An tsara wannan jirgin sama na sararin samaniya don lura da hasken gamma, X-ray da UV radiation daga hasken rana a lokacin babban aikin hasken rana da hasken rana. Bayan 'yan watanni bayan kaddamarwa, duk da haka, lalacewar lantarki ya sa binciken ya shiga yanayin jiran aiki, kuma ya shafe shekaru uku masu zuwa a cikin wannan yanayin mara aiki. A 1984 Space Shuttle mission STS-41C ya dawo da tauraron dan adam kuma ya gyara kayan lantarki kafin sake sake shi a cikin kewayen. Solar Maximum Mission daga bisani ya sami dubban hotuna na hasken rana kafin ya sake shiga cikin yanayin duniya a watan Yuni na 1989. An kaddamar da shi a shekarar 1991, Japan ta (Sunbeam) tauraron dan adam ya lura da hasken rana a X-ray wavelengths.
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