Parker Solar Probe successfully executes 25th dive into Sun
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Parker solar probe sails through 25th Sun flyby
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe completed its 25th close approach to the Sun on 15 September, matching its record distance of 6,2-million kilometres from the solar surface. Parker Solar Probe checked in with flight controllers at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland – where the spacecraft was also designed and built – on 18 September, transmitting a beacon tone indicating that its systems were operating normally. The …
Parker Solar Probe successfully executes 25th dive into Sun
New Delhi: The Parker Solar Probe successfully completed its 25th close approach to the Sun on 15 September. The spacecraft was launched in 2018 with the goal of diving into the solar atmosphere or corona, fortified by a carbon-composite and ceramic heat shield 11.43 cm in thickness to protect the sensitive instruments on board. The spacecraft was originally designed to execute 24 close flybys, but NASA scientists intend to extend the mission ti…
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