Parker solar probe will swoop to within 4 million miles of the sun s surface facing heat and radiation like no spacecraft before it.
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The parker solar probe launched on sunday morning from cape canaveral on it s historic journey towards the sun.
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.
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Since its 2018 launch nasa s parker solar probe record holder for closest ever spacecraft to the sun has finished three of 24 planned passes through never before explored parts of the sun s atmosphere.
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The probe s mission is to study the sun and get closer than any other spacecraft.
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Nasa s parker solar probe will be the first ever mission to touch the sun.
Nasa s parker solar probe mission launched aug.
4 four new papers describe what scientists have learned from its unprecedented exploration and what they look forward to learning next.
The wispr image on nasa s parker solar probe captured imagery of the constant outflow of material from the sun during its close approach to the sun in april 2019.