The Parker Solar Probe, which is about the size of a small car, will travel directly into the Sun's atmosphere about 4 million miles from the star's surface.Launch: 2018Operating Network: Deep Space Network
The Parker Solar Probe, which is about the size of a small car, will travel directly into the Sun’s atmosphere about 4 million miles from the star’s surface. The primary science goals for the mission are to trace how energy and heat move through the solar corona and to explore what accelerates the solar wind as well as solar energetic particles. The mission will revolutionize our understanding of the Sun, where changing conditions can spread out into the solar system, affecting Earth and other worlds.Launch: August 2018Operating Network: Deep Space Network
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