The spacecraft will get seven times closer to the sun than any probe ever has.
Parker solar probe real images.
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.
Since that fiery early morning liftoff with the mission s namesake eugene parker in attendance the probe has made.
An unprocessed image from the wispr instrument on board nasa s parker solar probe shows comet neowise on july 5 2020 shortly after its closest approach to the sun.
Nasa s parker solar probe launched a year ago on a mission to touch the sun.
The sun is out of frame to the left.
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.
Basically wispr will take pictures of coronal mass ejections cmes jets and other ejecta from the sun.
The faint grid pattern near the center of the image is an artifact of the way the image is created.
Scientists released the mission.
Since it launched last year nasa s parker solar probe has made three dives toward the sun as it reached the fastest speed ever clocked by a human built vehicle.
The parker solar probe abbreviated psp.
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Nasa s parker solar probe will be the first ever mission to touch the sun.