Parker Getting Ready To Touch Sun

Credits: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben

NASA's Parker Solar Probe Gearing Up Will Be First Visit To Sun For Mankind

Mankind is touching new heights everyday with gradual advancement in science and technology. The vast sky above our head in a clear night sky has always raise curiosity about the different shining planets and stars. With the advancement in space science and technology astrophysicists are continuously studying different stars and planets within and beyond our solar system. Now another biggest mission in the history of mankind is to study our own star, our sun. NASA's Parker Solar Probe is getting all set for its historic mission to the sun with schedule launch on 11th August 2018 to study the brutal heat and radiation conditions thus providing the closest ever view of our own star. It will travel as close as approximately 4 million miles from the surface of the the sun while flying through its atmosphere which is closer than any other probes reached earlier. The Parker Probe will revolutionize the ongoing study of sun by imaging and measurement of the sun's outer atmosphere. It will also study the solar winds to know more about their nature and origin and to forecast changes that can affect life and technology on the Earth. Parker will fly its way through the place of origin of highest-energy particles and will experience an outer temperature of 1377 degree centigrade. To protect the probe as well as the instruments from the huge heat blast, a shield of 4.5-inch-thick made of carbon-composite will be used. The Parker Space Probe will start its journey with take off on United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket from the Space Launch Complex 37 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station situated in Florida. Teams are busy in the preparation of the launch scheduled at the opening of a 65-minute window at 3:33 am EDT on 11th August 2018. It will explore the heat and energy flow from sun's atmosphere and the possible reasons of acceleration of solar winds and particles. NASA will organize a series of media briefings before this historic launch which starts from 8th August 2018. The Parker Solar Probe will prove to be another giant leap for mankind in advance space technologies for future explorations.