Since that fiery early morning liftoff with the mission s namesake eugene parker in attendance the probe has made.
Parker solar probe sun images.
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Parker solar probe will swoop to within 4 million miles of the sun s surface facing heat and radiation like no spacecraft before it.
The spacecraft will get seven times closer to the sun than any probe ever has.
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.
The spacecraft about the size of a small car will travel directly into the sun s atmosphere about 4 million miles from our star s surface.
Nasa s parker solar probe will be the first ever mission to touch the sun.
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.