A scientific mission to unlock the mysteries of the sun s corona and solar wind.
Parker solar probe diagram.
Parker solar probe will swoop to within 4 million miles of the sun s surface facing heat and radiation like no spacecraft before it.
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.
Below the alfvén point the charged particles of the sun s atmosphere that make up the solar wind are no longer in contact with the direct surface of the.
It travels in an elongated orbit that passes close to the sun and sometimes passes near venus arranged such that venus nudges the orbit slightly in each pass to bring the probe s.
A diagram of nasa s parker solar probe.
A diagram showing the planned path of the parker.
The spacecraft started its first solar encounter phase oct.
What is parker solar probe.
Parker solar probe launched towards the sun on august 12 2018.
At its closest the probe will fly through the sun s corona within 3 8 million miles 6 1 million km of its surface.
This orbit diagram shows parker solar probe s position in the solar system on nov.
A spacecraft that uses breakthrough technology and autonomy to endure heat and radiation like no other mission.
The parker solar probe is a robotic spacecraft launched by nasa in 2018 with the mission of repeatedly probing and making observations of the outer corona of the sun.
31 and reached the closest.
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.
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.
Nasa s first mission to go to the sun the parker solar probe is named after eugene parker who first theorized that the sun constantly sends out a flow of particles and energy called the solar wind.