The Parker Solar Probe launched by NASA became the first spacecraft to fly over the outer atmosphere of the sun. NASA said on Tuesday that the spacecraft flew over the “corona” of the sun’s upper atmosphere, where it sampled magnetic fields and particles.
Scientists said that the Parker Solar Probe achieved this feat on April 28, but they announced it after analyzing the data and confirming it.
“The Parker Solar Probe’s “contact with the sun” is a milestone in solar science and a truly remarkable feat,” said Thomas Zubchen, deputy director of NASA’s Washington Headquarters Science Mission Council.
NASA said in a statement that this achievement will help scientists discover key information about the sun and its impact on the solar system.
The probe is now hovering closer to the surface of the sun and is spotted along the way. The Parker probe was launched in 2018 to pass through the repetitive and getting closer sun. The spacecraft is moving at an alarming speed of over 500,000 km/h and can enter and leave quickly to avoid thermal damage. To the sun. After the probe moved closer to the surface of the sun, scientists were able to determine that the reentry originated from the surface of the sun.
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