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Nasa parker solar probe patch.
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.
Here is the parker solar probe mission insignia.
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It will approach to within 9 86 solar radii 6 9 million kilometers or 4 3 million miles from the center of the sun and will travel at closest approach as fast as 690 000 km h 430 000 mph.
The spacecraft about the size of a small car will travel directly into the sun s atmosphere about 4 million miles from the surface.
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.
The parker solar probe abbreviated psp.
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12 2018 parker solar probe will provide new data on solar activity and make critical contributions to our ability to forecast major space weather events that impact life on earth.
Nasa s parker solar probe will touch the sun flying directly through the solar corona facing brutal heat and radiation conditions to provide close up observations of our solar system s star.
Nasa s parker solar probe will be the first ever mission to touch the sun.
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Parker solar probe launched aboard a delta iv heavy rocket from cape canaver.
What is parker solar probe.
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The solar probe is going to a region of space that has never been explored before eugene parker said.
Parker solar probe will swoop to within 4 million miles of the sun s surface facing heat and radiation like no spacecraft before it.
A scientific mission to unlock the mysteries of the sun s corona and solar wind.
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.
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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.