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.
Nasa parker solar probe update.
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The release includes science data from all four of parker solar probe s instrument suites spanning the mission s third orbit around the sun which began on june 18 2019 and completed on november 15 2019.
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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.
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.
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Parker solar probe is alive and well after skimming by the sun at just 15 million miles from our star s surface.
Nasa s parker solar probe will be the first ever mission to touch the sun.
This is far closer than any spacecraft has ever gone.
Nasa s parker solar probe team released a second collection of science data to the public on april 14 2020.