Sunday, August 12, 2018

Parker Solar Probe on its way

Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Ed Whitman High-Res Image
Hours before the rise of the very star it will study, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe launched from Florida Sunday, Aug. 12 to begin its journey to the Sun, where it will undertake a landmark mission. The spacecraft will transmit its first science observations in December, beginning a revolution in our understanding of the star that makes life on Earth possible.

For the complete story of this remarkable project head on over to APL.
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