Question

in 2018, nasa will launch a spacecraft that will travel to the suns atmosphere. once there, it will collect data that will help scientists understand how the sun works and why its atmosphere is hotter than its surface. scientists will use data from this mission to protect space technology from space weather. which space technology is most likely being launched to the sun in 2018? space probe space rover space shuttle space station

Explanation:

A space probe is designed to explore space and collect data from celestial bodies like the Sun. A space rover is for planetary - surface exploration, a space shuttle is for transport between Earth and orbit, and a space station is a habitable artificial satellite. The mission described involves data - collection in the Sun's atmosphere, which is a task for a space probe.

Answer:

space probe