NASA’s Parker Solar Probe aims to fly closer to the sun like never before
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe aims to fly closer to the sun like never before

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A NASA spacecraft aims to fly closer to the sun than any object sent before. Plans call for Parker on Tuesday to hurtle through the sizzling solar atmosphere and pass within a record-breaking 3.8 million miles of the sun’s surface. At that moment, if the sun and Earth were at opposite ends of a football field, Parker “would be on the 4-yard line,” said NASA’s Joe Westlake. Parker planned to get more than seven times closer to the sun than previous spacecraft, hitting 430,000 mph at closest approach. Scientists hope to better understand why the corona is hundreds of times hotter than the sun’s surface and what drives the solar wind, the supersonic stream of charged particles constantly blasting away from the sun.

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Parker Solar Probe to touch the Sun: Nasa won't know if it's dead or alive till...
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Parker Solar Probe to touch the Sun: Nasa won't know if it's dead or alive till...

India Today  

Nasa's Parker Solar Probe is gearing up for a historic flyby of the Sun on Christmas Eve, December 24, 2024, when it will pass within approximately 6.1 million kilometers of the Sun's surface. Nick Pinkine, mission operations manager for the Parker Solar Probe, expressed excitement about the upcoming flyby, stating, “No human-made object has ever passed this close to a …

ISRO’s Aditya L1 going to Sun? Know why direct solar flyby mission from Earth is so tough
11 months, 2 weeks ago

ISRO’s Aditya L1 going to Sun? Know why direct solar flyby mission from Earth is so tough

Hindustan Times  

The Indian Space Research Organisation is scheduled to carry out a key operation to switch on Aditya L1’s engine on Saturday, aiming to successfully position the solar probe into its intended orbit. In December 2021, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration or NASA’s Parker Solar Probe achieved the unprecedented feat of flying by around the Sun. The Parker Solar Probe, …

Solar Orbiter observes jets of material escaping the sun
1 year, 3 months ago

Solar Orbiter observes jets of material escaping the sun

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. CNN — The Solar Orbiter mission has discovered jets of material rapidly releasing from the sun’s outer atmosphere. Solar Orbiter’s observations captured a coronal hole containing tiny individual jets at the south pole. “One of the results here is that to a large extent, this flow is not actually uniform,” …

This week in tech: From Pokémon Go to the Parker Solar Probe
3 years ago

This week in tech: From Pokémon Go to the Parker Solar Probe

Live Mint  

Did you know that around 63% of users of the video-conferencing platform Zoom prefer taking calls with their camera on? If that's news to you, read on to know more about other developments in the world of science and technology, including an astounding announcement by Nasa about the Parker Solar Probe. Flying close to the sun An amazing announcement dropped …

For first time in history, NASA spacecraft touches Sun | Watch
3 years ago

For first time in history, NASA spacecraft touches Sun | Watch

India TV News  

Highlights NASA spacecraft Parker Solar Probe creates history, touches Sun's upper atmosphere The mission was launched in 2018 to explore the mysteries of the Sun Spacecraft expected to spiral closer to the Sun in January, eventually reaching as close as 3.83 mn For the first time in history, a spacecraft has touched the Sun. NASA's Parker Solar Probe has now …

NASA's Parker Solar Probe ‘touches’ Sun for first time, dives into atmosphere
3 years ago

NASA's Parker Solar Probe ‘touches’ Sun for first time, dives into atmosphere

Firstpost  

Parker will keep drawing ever closer to the sun and diving deeper into the corona until its grand finale orbit in 2025 Cape Canaveral: A NASA spacecraft has officially “touched” the Sun, plunging through the unexplored solar atmosphere known as the corona. The Parker Solar Probe actually flew through the corona in April during the spacecraft’s eighth close approach to …

Parker Solar Probe becomes first human-made object to touch the Sun
3 years ago

Parker Solar Probe becomes first human-made object to touch the Sun

India Today  

It was in December 1903 when the Wright brothers made the first controlled, sustained and powered flight opening the world of aviation. The Parker Solar Probe became the first human-made object to venture into the Sun's atmosphere, known as the corona. Flying so close to the Sun, Parker Solar Probe now senses conditions in the magnetically dominated layer of the …

NASA craft ‘touches’ sun for 1st time, dives into atmosphere
3 years ago

NASA craft ‘touches’ sun for 1st time, dives into atmosphere

Associated Press  

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A NASA spacecraft has officially “touched” the sun, plunging through the unexplored solar atmosphere known as the corona. The Parker Solar Probe actually flew through the corona in April during the spacecraft’s eighth close approach to the sun. Because the sun lacks a solid surface, the corona is where the action is; exploring this magnetically intense …

Parker Solar Probe to become fastest human-made spacecraft flying at 5,86,800 kmph during closest approach to Sun
3 years, 1 month ago

Parker Solar Probe to become fastest human-made spacecraft flying at 5,86,800 kmph during closest approach to Sun

India Today  

The Parker Solar Probe, which is studying the Sun up close, is set to make its 10th close approach to our star on November 21. Parker Solar Probe will help us in understanding the origins and the evolution of the biggest star in our solar system. We modelled the makeup and effects of the dust environment, tested how materials react …

New Venus image captured by Parker Solar Probe
3 years, 9 months ago

New Venus image captured by Parker Solar Probe

CNN  

CNN — While on a journey to study the sun, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has captured an incredible new view of Venus. The spacecraft’s WISPR instrument, or Wide-field Imager for Parker Solar Probe, was actively taking images during the flyby and captured the nightside, or side facing away from the sun, of Venus. The Parker Solar Probe's WISPR instrument captured …

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