That includes nasa s other sun faring spacecraft the parker solar probe which launched in august 2018 on a quest to study the sun s scorching hot atmosphere.
Parker solar probe images of sun.
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Basically wispr will take pictures of coronal mass ejections cmes jets and other ejecta from the sun.
12 2018 parker solar probe will provide new data on solar activity and make critical contributions to our ability to forecast major space weather events that impact life on earth.
Scientists released the mission.
Since that fiery early morning liftoff with the mission s namesake eugene parker in attendance the probe has made.
Parker solar probe by contrast has already set a record by passing within.
The parker solar probe has.
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.
Nasa s parker solar probe launched a year ago on a mission to touch the sun.
At its closest approach solar orbiter will come within 26 million miles of the sun well within the orbit of mercury.
Parker solar probe acquired the image above the first photo from inside the sun s outer atmosphere or corona the part of the sun we see in photos of total solar eclipses when the craft.