NASA's Parker Solar Probe undergoes testing at the Astrotech processing facility in Titusville, Florida, near NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Friday, May 18, 2018.
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe undergoes testing at the Astrotech processing facility in Titusville, Florida, near NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Friday, May 18, 2018. The Parker Solar Probe will launch on a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket from Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida no earlier than Aug. 4, 2018. The mission will perform the closest-ever observations of a star when it travels through the Sun’s atmosphere, called the corona. The probe will rely on measurements and imaging to revolutionize our understanding of the corona and the Sun-Earth connection.
Image credit: NASA/Leif Heimbold
May 18, 2018