Nasa s parker solar probe will be the first ever mission to touch the sun.
Diagram 3d model diagram parker solar probe.
The spacecraft about the size of a small car will travel directly into the sun s atmosphere about 4 million miles from our star s surface.
What is parker solar probe.
Parker solar probe will swoop to within 4 million miles of the sun s surface facing heat and radiation like no spacecraft before it.
A 3d model of nasa s parker solar probe.
Iapetus 3d model a 3d model of the international space station international space station 3d model.
A 3d model of nasa s parker solar probe.
The beacon indicates status a the best of all four possible status signals.
The parker solar probe abbreviated psp.
Parker solar probe 3d model a 3d model of oberon a moon of uranus.
Parker solar probe launched aboard a delta iv heavy rocket from cape canaveral aug.
Psp is a three axis stabilized primarily sun pointed spacecraft in a highly elliptical heliocentric orbit with aphelia between the earth and venus.
Nasa s parker solar probe will be the first ever mission to touch the sun.
A scientific mission to unlock the mysteries of the sun s corona and solar wind a spacecraft that uses breakthrough technology and autonomy to endure heat and radiation like no other mission.
Parker solar probe psp is a nasa robotic mission flying closer to the sun than any previous spacecraft.
12 2018 parker solar probe will provide new data on solar activity and make critical contributions to our ability to forecast major space weather events that impact life on earth.
This is far closer than any spacecraft has ever gone.
The spacecraft about the size of a small car will travel directly into the sun s atmosphere about 4 million miles from the surface.
Mission controllers received the status beacon from the spacecraft at 4 46 p m.
Previously solar probe solar probe plus or solar probe is a nasa robotic spacecraft launched in 2018 with the mission of making observations of the outer corona of the sun.
We have converted some of our models to stl format for 3d printing and we are working on more.
The spiral arms of ngc 2835 create the illusion of an eye a fitting description for a magnificent galaxy near the head of the constellation of hydra the water snake.
It will approach to within 9 86 solar radii 6 9 million km or 4 3 million miles from the center of the sun and by 2025 will travel at closest approach as fast as 690 000 km h.
