( ( In 1996 ) ( , ( ( a ( U.S.-ESA spacecraft ) ) ( ( called ( ( ( the ( Solar ( and ( Heliospheric Observatory ) ) ) ) ( -LRB- ( SOHO -RRB- ) ) ) ( ( went ( into orbit ) ) ( around ( ( the ( sun 's ) ) equator ) ) ) ) ) . ) ) ) )
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In 1996, a U.S.-ESA spacecraft called the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) went into orbit around the sun's equator.
(ROOT (S (NP (DT The) (NN soho) (NN spacecraft)) (ADVP (RB first)) (VP (VBD started) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB operate) (PP (IN in) (NP (CD 1996))))))) (. .)))