FACTS!

  • The Parker Solar Probe cost $1.5 billion
  • The speed of the hurtling of the Probe is 430,000 miles per hour.
  • The spacecraft's systems are protected from the extreme heat and radiation near the Sun by a solar shield.
  • By 2025, it will get to the closest point by 3.8 million miles.

This was the story of a spacecraft that almost touched the sun. Let's start over together!

How close did the spacecraft get to the sun in miles?

The spacecraft got close to 5.3 million miles from the sun's surface on Feb 25, 2022

Challenges

  • Dust Particles that create plasma explosions
  • Intense Sun Light
  • Sun Particles

Parker used the gravity of Venus for the gravity assist to help shape its path for its next closest approach to our sun


The Parker Solar Probe was launched on 13th August 2018

On 12th of August 2018, Parker Solar Probe launched from earth on a 7 years mission to explore the atmosphere of the sun.