Cosmic Exploration · mission

Parker Solar Probe

2018 · NASA · The Sun · On-going

Agency
NASA
Status
On-going
Destination
The Sun
Launch Date
2018-08-12

Objective

Has flown through the solar corona behind a 2,500 °C carbon shield, and is the fastest object humans have built at around 690,000 km/h at perihelion.

Open on the Cosmic Exploration shelf — the interactive card, the filters, and everything alongside it.

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