Parker solar probe will swoop to within 4 million miles of the sun s surface facing heat and radiation like no spacecraft before it.
Parker solar probe first images.
The parker solar probe abbreviated psp.
12 2018 parker solar probe will provide new data on solar activity and make critical contributions to our ability to forecast major space weather events that impact life on earth.
A unique solar observatory that will orbit within 4 million miles of our star s surface to directly study the formation of the solar wind.
A scientific mission to unlock the mysteries of the sun s corona and solar wind.
Previously solar probe solar probe plus or solar probe is a nasa robotic spacecraft launched in 2018 with the mission of making observations of the outer corona of the sun.
A spacecraft that uses breakthrough technology and autonomy to endure heat and radiation like no other mission.
Nasa s parker solar probe will be the first ever mission to touch the sun.
It will approach to within 9 86 solar radii 6 9 million km or 4 3 million miles from the center of the sun and by 2025 will travel at closest approach as fast as 690 000 km h.
The spacecraft will get seven times closer to the sun than any probe ever has.
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The spacecraft about the size of a small car will travel directly into the sun s atmosphere about 4 million miles from our star s surface.
The parker solar probe recently collected its first light data in order to test its instruments and snapped some beautiful pictures of the cosmos.
See images of nasa s parker solar probe mission which the agency plans to launch in july 2018.
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