The document discusses two spacecraft, SOHO and STEREO, that have been used to observe the sun. SOHO was launched in 1995 with a design lifetime of 2 years but remains operational today. It carries several instruments to study the solar interior, corona, and solar wind. SOHO orbits the L1 Lagrange point in a halo orbit. STEREO was launched in 2006 with two spacecraft to observe the sun from the sides. Other solar observing spacecraft mentioned include ACE, SDO, Solar Orbiter, DSCOVR, and Parker Solar Probe.