Parker Solar Probe

On a mission to “touch the Sun,” NASA's Parker Solar Probe became the first spacecraft to fly through the corona – the Sun's upper ...

Parker Solar Probe

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Parker Solar Probe - Wikipedia

a NASA space probe launched in 2018 with the mission of making observations of the outer corona of the Sun. It will approach to within 9.86 solar radii.

Parker Solar Probe - NASA Blogs

NASA's Parker Solar Probe completed its 21st close approach to the Sun on Sept. 30, equaling its own distance record by coming within about 4.51 million miles.

The Mission - Parker Solar Probe

Parker Solar Probe will swoop to within 4 million miles of the Sun's surface, facing heat and radiation like no spacecraft before it. Launched on Aug.

Parker Solar Probe: First spacecraft to "touch" the sun | Space

The Parker Solar Probe's mission is to study the sun in unprecedented detail. The revolutionary solar probe became the first spacecraft to touch the sun.

Parker Solar Probe completes 21st close approach to the sun

NASA's Parker Solar Probe completed its 21st close approach to the sun on Sept. 30, equaling its own distance record by coming within about ...

Wide-Field Imager for Parker Solar Probe (WISPR) | Wide-Field ...

NRL's WISPR camera has been observing the solar structures and outflows with its two wide-field white-light imaging instruments.

What NASA's Parker Solar Probe has discovered in its first five years ...

An extraordinary piece of engineering, NASA's Parker Solar Probe has been circling the sun and taking readings of the star that powers our lives.

Parker Solar Probe | Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian

NASA's Parker Solar Probe spacecraft was built to fly through the Sun's atmosphere, performing the first up-close solar measurements in history.

NASA's Parker Solar Probe Touches The Sun For The First Time

For the first time in history, a spacecraft has touched the Sun. NASA's Parker Solar Probe has now flown through the Sun's upper atmosphere ...

Parker Solar Probe (@ParkerSunProbe) / X

NASA's Parker Solar Probe is an exciting mission of exploration and discovery, a journey to the Sun itself. Follow @NASASun for updates.

Parker Solar Probe in 3D: Diving Into Our Sun's Mysteries

Parker Solar Probe 3D Model. Parker has four science instruments: SWEAP, WISPR, FIELDS, and ISʘIS (pronounced "ee-sis"). The instruments capture images of the ...

Parker Solar Probe and the April 2024 Great American Eclipse

2024 is NASA's “Heliophysics Big Year,” and there is a huge amount going on with the Sun to keep up with! Join Dr. Samuel Badman, ...

Parker Solar Probe Data Released to the Public - Harvard CfA

Cambridge, MA - Scientific data taken by the Parker Solar Probe are set to be released to the public on Nov 12. The data files being released contain ...

ESA - Teamwork with Parker Solar Probe - European Space Agency

ESA's Solar Orbiter will be one of two complementary spacecraft studying the Sun at close proximity: it will join NASA's Parker Solar Probe, ...

Parker Solar Probe Heat Shield - Ultramet

The heat shield consists of a layer of Ultramet's carbon foam sandwiched between two layers of a carbon composite, and a special outer coating. While the probe ...

Space-EnerSys helps power Parker Solar Probe

EnerSys is pushing the boundaries of human accomplishment is through our space power business, which supplied a lithium-ion battery for use on NASA's Parker ...

The corona is weirdly hot—Parker Solar Probe rules out one ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe has ruled out S-shaped bends in the sun's magnetic field as a cause of the corona's searing temperatures.

Parker Solar Probe's Mission to Solve Stranger Things

Parker will measure the characteristics of the plasma (hot gas) and magnetic fields around the Sun to help explain three strange things.