The Parker Solar Probe is attempting the closest ever pass ... those orbital interactions for this mission. Yanping Guo, the design and navigation manager for the mission at the Applied Physics ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe launched in 2018 and has completed ... "This close approach is only possible because of the mission's orbital design," a NASA spokesperson told Business Insider via ...

The probe - launched in 2018 to help scientists better understand the outer layer of the sun - will race past the sun at ...

The Parker Solar Probe’s design enables it to withstand extreme conditions. Temperatures during the flyby could soar to 1,800 degrees Fahrenheit (980 degrees Celsius). Its advanced heat shield ...

This holiday season is not immune to NASA barging in: On Dec. 24, the agency’s Parker Solar Probe will make its closest ... constraints were driving the design and development of this mission.

A NASA spacecraft has made history by surviving its closest-ever approach to the Sun during the Parker Solar Probe mission, a project over six years in the making. The spacecraft was out of ...

Parker Solar Probe is observing the sun from a closer vantage point than ever before. The three days out of contact with Earth was expected and planned in the design of the spacecraft.

Probe Design and Future Plans The Parker Solar Probe is engineered to withstand extreme conditions. Its cutting-edge heat shield, made from carbon foam, protects the spacecraft's instruments and ...

Yanping Guo, the design and navigation manager for the ... on solar exploration missions much more complex than the Parker Solar Probe. “I wish I could go back and be a kid and start all over ...