Nasa s parker solar probe will be the first ever mission to touch the sun.
Nasa parker solar probe.
A scientific mission to unlock the mysteries of the sun s corona and solar wind.
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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Nasa s parker solar probe team released a second collection of science data to the public on april 14 2020.
What is parker solar probe.
The parker solar probe abbreviated psp.
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.
Parker solar probe mission news nasa.
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.
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.