It will approach to within 9 86 solar radii 6 9 million km or 4 3 million miles from the center of the sun and by 2025 will travel at closest approach as fast as 690 000 km h.
Parker solar probe delta iv heavy rocket launch.
Here it will directly explore solar processes that are key to understanding and forecasting.
This launch uses a special three stage configuration of the united launch alliance delta iv heavy rocket to launch parker solar probe from the earth.
Sunday with nasa s 1 5 billion parker solar probe.
United launch alliance by jamie groh.
This configuration of the delta iv is created by taking three hydrogen fueled common booster cores each with an aerojet rocketdyne rs 68a main engine and strapping them together to provide over.
Parker solar probe is humanity s first ever mission into a part of the sun s atmosphere called the corona.
12 2018 from launch complex 37 at cape canaveral air force station florida.
Previously solar probe solar probe plus or solar probe is a nasa robotic spacecraft launched in 2018 with the mission of making observations of the outer corona of the sun.
The parker solar probe abbreviated psp.
The rocket successfully launched on its second attempt after a scrub saturday taking the 1 400 pound probe on.
Liftoff of delta iv heavy with nasa s parker solar probe at 3 31 a m.
The united launch alliance ula delta iv heavy rocket stands ready ahead of the launch of nasa s parker solar probe from slc 37 in 2018.
On its second try the united launch alliance rocket blasted off from cape canaveral at 3 31 a m.