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.
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.
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 scientific mission to unlock the mysteries of the sun s corona and solar wind.
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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.
A spacecraft that uses breakthrough technology and autonomy to endure heat and radiation like no other mission.
What is parker solar probe.
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.
Parker solar probe mission news nasa.
The parker solar probe abbreviated psp.