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Nasa parker solar probe update.
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.
Nasa s parker solar probe will be the first ever mission to touch the sun.
The beacon indicates status a the best of all four possible status signals.
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Mission controllers received the status beacon from the spacecraft at 4 46 p m.
Nasa s parker solar probe team released a second collection of science data to the public on april 14 2020.
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 is alive and well after skimming by the sun at just 15 million miles from our star s surface.
This is far closer than any spacecraft has ever gone.
Parker solar probe mission news nasa.