* **Solar Orbiter:** A joint mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA, Solar Orbiter is currently in orbit around the Sun, but it will eventually reach the L1 point in 2025. Solar Orbiter will use its instruments to study the Sun's atmosphere and magnetic field in unprecedented detail.
[Image of Solar Orbiter probing machine in space]
* **Parker Solar Probe:** A NASA mission, Parker Solar Probe is the first spacecraft to fly through the Sun's atmosphere. It is currently in orbit around the Sun, but it will eventually reach the L1 point in 2024. Parker Solar Probe will use its instruments to study the Sun's corona, the outermost layer of its atmosphere.
[Image of Parker Solar Probe probing machine in space]
Aditya L1 is a planned Indian spacecraft that will also be placed in the L1 point. It is scheduled to launch in 2023 and will study the Sun's corona.
The Lagrange points are five points in space where the gravitational forces of the Sun and Earth balance each other out. This makes them ideal places to place spacecraft that are studying the Sun or the Earth-Sun system.
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