Parker Solar Probe - NASA Science
Parker Solar Probe is the first spacecraft to fly through the corona, the Sun's upper atmosphere, and sample its particles and magnetic fields. It is designed to study the heating of the corona, the solar wind, and the sources of high-energy solar particles.
NASA spacecraft ‘touches’ the Sun for the first time ever - Nature
Dec 14, 2021 · The Parker Solar Probe, led by Nicola Fox, has crossed the Alfvén surface and explored the corona for the first time. The mission will reveal new insights into the Sun's structure, magnetic...
Parker Solar Probe - Wikipedia
The Parker Solar Probe is a NASA spacecraft launched in 2018 to study the outer corona of the Sun. It will approach to within 9.86 solar radii from the center of the Sun, and by 2025 will travel as fast as 690,000 km/h, the fastest object ever built.
NASA Enters the Solar Atmosphere for the First Time, Bringing …
Dec 14, 2021 · For the first time in history, a spacecraft has flown through the Sun's upper atmosphere – the corona – and sampled particles and magnetic fields there. The milestone provides new insights into the Sun's evolution and its influence on the solar system.
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Sheds New Light on the Sun
Dec 4, 2019 · Learn how NASA's Parker Solar Probe, the closest-ever spacecraft to the Sun, reveals new insights into the Sun's behavior and its effects on space weather. See how the probe observes the solar wind, switchbacks, coronal holes and other phenomena near the Sun.
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe becomes first spacecraft to ‘touch’ the sun
Dec 15, 2021 · Sixty years after NASA set the goal, and three years after its Parker Solar Probe launched, the spacecraft has become the first to “touch the sun.”
NASA's Parker Solar Probe has touched the sun in daring mission ...
Dec 15, 2021 · The spacecraft has reached the corona, the superheated region where the solar wind originates, and found variations and structures in the solar activity. It has also studied the switchbacks,...
NASA probe is the first spacecraft to ever enter the sun's ... - CBS News
Dec 15, 2021 · The Parker Solar Probe, launched in 2018, has circled the sun eight times and touched the corona in April 2021. It discovered solar winds' switchbacks, magnetic funnels and the corona's spikes...
NASA spacecraft enters the sun's atmosphere for the first time - NPR
Dec 15, 2021 · Because the solar wind that's blasted out from the sun's atmosphere can reach Earth, scientists say learning more about that and other solar phenomena happening 93 million miles away will help...
NASA's superfast Parker Solar Probe just broke it own speed …
Nov 23, 2021 · A NASA sun-gazing spacecraft broke its own speed and distance records Sunday (Nov. 21) as it moved closer to our star. The Parker Solar Probe reached a top speed of 101 miles (163 kilometers) per...