Spaniard David Lario Loyo is a Space Physicist specializing in Heliophysics research at Johns Hopkins University (extension activity: view his YouTube video, "Between the Sun and the Earth.") Spanish news media outlets were exceptionally interested in the recent launch of a project he was involved with, The Parker Probe (launched in August 2018).
The Parker Probe will travel ever closer to the sun over the course of several years, collecting data as it travels where no other ship has traveled