Parker Solar Probe
Parker Solar Probe is NASA's active mission to sample the Sun's corona and trace the origin and acceleration of the solar wind. APL designed, built, manages, and operates the spacecraft, whose seven Venus gravity assists established an orbit passing about 3.8 million miles above the solar surface at roughly 430,000 mph.
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- Aliases
- Solar Probe PlusPSPNASA Parker Solar Probe
- Name
- Parker Solar Probe
- Status
- active
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- Description
- Parker Solar Probe is NASA's active mission to sample the Sun's corona and trace the origin and acceleration of the solar wind. APL designed, built, manages, and operates the spacecraft, whose seven Venus gravity assists established an orbit passing about 3.8 million miles above the solar surface at roughly 430,000 mph.
- Destination
- Heliocentric orbit approaching within approximately 6.2 million km of the Sun, for sampling the solar corona and studying the origin and acceleration of the solar wind
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- Outcome
- Active and successful. Parker Solar Probe became the first spacecraft to fly through the Sun's corona, completed all 24 close approaches in its baseline mission plan by June 2025, and remained healthy after its 28th close approach on June 8, 2026. It continues observations from its record-setting final orbit.
- Programs
- Start Date
- 2018-08-12
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- Wikipedia Url
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parker_Solar_Probe
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- Creation Time
- April 12, 2026 at 22:31:21 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 22, 2026 at 14:47:31 UTC
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