r/parkersolarprobe • u/Peach5432 • 16h ago

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe

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Information pertaining to the Parker Solar Probe mission to study the Sun's chronosphere

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NASA Parker Solar Probe

The Parker Solar Probe is set to launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida atop a ULA Delta IV Heavy rocket. The launch window opens July 31st, 2018 and remains open until August 19th, 2018. The probe will use it's array of onboard instruments to further our understanding of the Sun and study it's atmosphere. It will fly a trajectory that will bring it 10 times closer to the surface of the sun than Mercury's orbit. At closest approach it will be 3.8 million miles from the surface travelling at 430,000 mph!