Parker solar probe will swoop to within 4 million miles of the sun s surface facing heat and radiation like no spacecraft before it.
Nasa parker solar probe images.
Nasa s parker solar probe will be the first ever mission to touch the sun.
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.
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The wide field imager for solar probe or wispr is aboard nasa s parker solar probe to take images of the solar corona the sun s atmosphere and inner heliosphere.
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.
Wispr s telescopes will provide white light images of the solar wind shocks solar ejecta and other structures as they approach and pass the spacecraft.
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See images of nasa s parker solar probe mission which the agency plans to launch in july 2018.