A united launch alliance delta iv heavy rocket launches nasa s parker solar probe to touch the sun sunday aug.
Parker solar probe delta iv heavy rocket launch.
The parker solar probe abbreviated psp.
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.
12 2018 from launch complex 37 at cape canaveral air force station florida.
The united launch alliance ula delta iv heavy rocket stands ready ahead of the launch of nasa s parker solar probe from slc 37 in 2018.
Liftoff of delta iv heavy with nasa s parker solar probe at 3 31 a m.
On board is nasa s parker solar probe a 1 5 million.
A united launch alliance delta iv heavy rocket launches from cape canaveral air force station s launch complex 37 on sunday aug.
Parker solar probe is humanity s first ever mission into a part of the sun s atmosphere called the corona.
Here it will directly explore solar processes that are key to understanding and forecasting.
On its second try the united launch alliance rocket blasted off from cape canaveral at 3 31 a m.
The rocket successfully launched on its second attempt after a scrub saturday taking the 1 400 pound probe on.
United launch alliance by jamie groh.
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.