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10-31-2018, 12:11 PM
Parker solar probe becomes closest-yet spacecraft to sun
Eleanor Imster in HUMAN WORLD | SPACE | October 30, 2018
On Monday, the Parker Solar Probe, launched August 12, broke the record for closest approach to the sun by a human-made object.
http://en.es-static.us/upl/2018/10/parker-solar-probe-sun-approach.gif
Parker Solar Probe animation
The Parker Solar Probe now holds the record for closest approach to the sun by a human-made object. The spacecraft – which launched on August 12, 2018 – passed the current record of 26.55 million miles (43 million km) from the sun’s surface yesterday (October 29, 2018).
The previous record for closest solar approach was set by the German-American Helios 2 spacecraft in April 1976. As the Parker Solar Probe mission progresses, the spacecraft will repeatedly break its own records, with a final close approach of 3.83 million miles (6.2 million km) from the sun’s surface expected in 2024.
Parker Solar Probe will begin its first solar encounter tomorrow (October 31), continuing to fly closer and closer to the sun’s surface until it reaches its first perihelion – the point closest to the sun – on November 5. The spacecraft will face brutal heat and radiation conditions while providing humanity with unprecedentedly close-up observations of a star and helping us understand phenomena that have puzzled scientists for decades.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=XM4HmcDlcmo
Eleanor Imster in HUMAN WORLD | SPACE | October 30, 2018
On Monday, the Parker Solar Probe, launched August 12, broke the record for closest approach to the sun by a human-made object.
http://en.es-static.us/upl/2018/10/parker-solar-probe-sun-approach.gif
Parker Solar Probe animation
The Parker Solar Probe now holds the record for closest approach to the sun by a human-made object. The spacecraft – which launched on August 12, 2018 – passed the current record of 26.55 million miles (43 million km) from the sun’s surface yesterday (October 29, 2018).
The previous record for closest solar approach was set by the German-American Helios 2 spacecraft in April 1976. As the Parker Solar Probe mission progresses, the spacecraft will repeatedly break its own records, with a final close approach of 3.83 million miles (6.2 million km) from the sun’s surface expected in 2024.
Parker Solar Probe will begin its first solar encounter tomorrow (October 31), continuing to fly closer and closer to the sun’s surface until it reaches its first perihelion – the point closest to the sun – on November 5. The spacecraft will face brutal heat and radiation conditions while providing humanity with unprecedentedly close-up observations of a star and helping us understand phenomena that have puzzled scientists for decades.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=XM4HmcDlcmo