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Parker Solar Probe

The Parker Solar Probe is a NASA spacecraft launched in 2018 to study the Sun's outer atmosphere. It is designed to withstand extreme heat and radiation as it approaches within 3.8 million miles of the solar surface, providing unprecedented data on solar activity and space weather.

Source: science.nasa.gov

APODs including "Parker Solar Probe"

Parker: The Solar System from Near the Sun

31/03/2025

Welcome to Perihelion

Welcome to Perihelion

04/01/2025

Looking Sideways from the Parker Solar Probe

19/02/2024

Crescents of Venus

Crescents of Venus

26/08/2023

A Venus Flyby

A Venus Flyby

25/02/2021

Launch of the Solar Orbiter

Launch of the Solar Orbiter

11/02/2020

Parker: Sounds of the Solar Wind

21/01/2020

Looking Sideways from the Parker Solar Probe

09/12/2019

Parker vs Perseid

Parker vs Perseid

16/08/2018

Launch of the Parker Solar Probe

Launch of the Parker Solar Probe

15/08/2018

The Pencil Nebula in Red and Blue

The Pencil Nebula in Red and Blue

13/08/2018

Meteor before Galaxy

Meteor before Galaxy

12/08/2018