What is parker solar probe.
Nasa parker solar probe.
A scientific mission to unlock the mysteries of the sun s corona and solar wind.
Nasa s parker solar probe team released a second collection of science data to the public on april 14 2020.
The parker solar probe abbreviated psp.
Parker solar probe mission news nasa.
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.
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.
Nasa s parker solar probe was at the right place at the right time to capture a unique view of comet neowise on july 5 2020.
A spacecraft that uses breakthrough technology and autonomy to endure heat and radiation like no other mission.
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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