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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Arrives at Launch Pad

NASA's Parker Solar Probe Arrives at Launch Pad
NASA's Parker Solar Probe Arrives at Launch Pad

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Arrives at Launch Pad

On Monday, July 30, 2018 NASA’s Parker Solar Probe, encapsulated in its payload fairing, arrives at Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station where it will be mated atop a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket. 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.

Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett