Since that fiery early morning liftoff with the mission s namesake eugene parker in attendance the probe has made.
Parker solar probe real images.
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.
Basically wispr will take pictures of coronal mass ejections cmes jets and other ejecta from the sun.
Parker solar probe will swoop to within 4 million miles of the sun s surface facing heat and radiation like no spacecraft before it.
The parker solar probe has already come within 18 7 million kilometers or 11 6 million miles of the sun s surface making it the closest human made vehicle to our parent star.
9 atop an atlas 5 rocket the solar orbiter probe was designed to provide the first detailed look at the sun s poles joining nasa s parker solar probe launched.
Launched from cape canaveral feb.
The spacecraft will get seven times closer to the sun than any probe ever has.
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.
Since it launched last year nasa s parker solar probe has made three dives toward the sun as it reached the fastest speed ever clocked by a human built vehicle.
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Nasa s parker solar probe launched a year ago on a mission to touch the sun.
When the parker solar probe reaches the sun we can expect images of a very different kind.
Nasa s parker solar probe will be the first ever mission to touch the sun.
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See images of nasa s parker solar probe mission which the agency plans to launch in july 2018.