The parker solar probe abbreviated psp.
Parker solar probe diagram.
A diagram of nasa s parker solar probe.
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.
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 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.
What is parker solar probe.
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.
A scientific mission to unlock the mysteries of the sun s corona and solar wind.
At its closest the probe will fly through the sun s corona within 3 8 million miles 6 1 million km of its surface.
A spacecraft that uses breakthrough technology and autonomy to endure heat and radiation like no other mission.
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.
This orbit diagram shows parker solar probe s position in the solar system on nov.
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.
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.
On may 31 2017 nasa has renamed the solar probe plus spacecraft humanity s first mission to a star which will launch in 2018 as the parker solar probe in honor of astrophysicist eugene.
A diagram showing the planned path of the parker.
The parker solar probe will then begin its first of 24 orbits around the sun with its first close approach or perihelion coming on nov.
The spacecraft started its first solar encounter phase oct.
31 and reached the closest.