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.
Parker solar probe pictures of the sun.
Since that fiery early morning liftoff with the mission s namesake eugene parker in attendance the probe has made.
12 2018 parker solar probe will provide new data on solar activity and make critical contributions to our ability to forecast major space weather events that impact life on earth.
In 2018 the parker solar probe was still under construction in a clean room near kennedy space center.
Nasa s parker solar probe will be the first ever mission to touch the sun.
The probe recently came within 15 million miles of the sun and it s now just two weeks.
Parker solar probe will swoop to within 4 million miles of the sun s surface facing heat and radiation like no spacecraft before it.
Nasa s parker solar probe launched a year ago on a mission to touch the sun.
The spacecraft will get seven times closer to the sun than any probe ever has.
The parker solar probe abbreviated psp.