NASA's Parker Solar Probe Touches The Sun

NASA's Parker Solar Probe Touches The Sun

NASA's Parker Solar Probe is a spacecraft designed to study the Sun at close range, with the goal of answering some of the long-standing questions about the nature of our closest star. The probe was launched in August 2018 and has been on a series of flybys around the Sun, gradually getting closer to the surface with each pass.

On April 29, 2021, the Parker Solar Probe made its closest approach yet to the Sun, flying within 6.5 million kilometers of the solar surface. This was the seventh flyby for the spacecraft, and it set a new record for the closest approach to the Sun by any human-made object.

During this close approach, the Parker Solar Probe gathered valuable data on the Sun's magnetic fields, solar winds, and other phenomena. This data will be used by scientists to better understand how the Sun works and how it affects the Earth and other planets in the solar system.

The Parker Solar Probe is expected to continue its mission until 2025, making several more close flybys of the Sun and gathering even more data on this fascinating and important star. The mission represents a significant step forward in our understanding of the Sun and its impact on our planet and the solar system as a whole.

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