I don’t know how the NASA was able to hide the fact that they have successfully created a spacecraft that can reach The Sun which is the hottest thing in our whole solar system but they have really done so. NASA’s historic The Parker Solar Probe is the probe which will reach and tolerate 1000’s of degrees of temperature. Let’s discuss in detail about the mission.

Why reach the sun?

The first question that might arise in some minds is that why is NASA trying to reach The Sun? It’s not as if we can form a colony up there where the humans can live freely. We would burn before we reach a million Kilometres near it. There’s a special reason why a probe is made which can reach near The Sun which by the way is the only star we will be able to reach.

The Parker Solar Probe will reveal how the sun sends out plumes of energetic particles, like solar flares.

When a campfire is too hot, take a step back. This advice is brought to you by common sense and basic physics. But here’s a mystery: Why isn’t this true for the sun, whose surface is actually cooler than its fiery atmosphere?

When will it launch?

The NASA’s Parker Solar Probe, if everything goes as per plan will get launched on August 11. A Delta IV heavy-lift rocket will blast off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, with a squatty probe the size of a Volkswagen in its nose cone.

A special third-stage booster will push the probe out of Earth’s orbit and send it zooming toward the sun at speeds of up to 430,000 mph, making it the fastest spacecraft ever flown. Its seven-year mission: to give scientists the closest look yet at the flaming enigma at the heart of our corner of the universe.

Name Of The Mission?

The mission has been named as the Solar Parker Probe named after the scientist Eugene Parker.

What do you think about the Parker Solar Probe? Please share your views related to the topic in the comments!