Latest News | September 30, 2020

Parker Solar Probe ‘Phones Home’ After Sixth Sun Flyby
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Spacecraft Status

Current Mission: Orbit 6

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psp202010_0503.svg Parker Solar Probe Mission Trajectory and Current Position Parker Solar Probe Distance from Sun Future Orbit Past Orbit 250 200 150 100 50 0 Distance from Sun's Surface (RS) 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 Days from Launch Mercury Venus Earth Solar Probe Parker Heliocentric Velocity (km/s): 29.64 Distance from Sun Center (AU): 0.628 Distance from Sun's Surface (RS): 134.0 Distance from Earth (AU): 1.125 Round-Trip Light Time (hh:mm:ss): 00:18:43 21 Oct 2020 22:00:00 UTC

Countdown to next milestone

Aphelion: November 22, 2020, 13:28 UTC

Next countdown: Nov 22, 2020 13:28:01

Current day/time in UTC: Oct 21, 2020 10:47:27

Current Records Set By Parker Solar Probe

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What is Parker Solar Probe?

A scientific mission to unlock the mysteries of the Sun's corona and solar wind

A spacecraft that uses breakthrough technology and autonomy to endure heat and radiation like no other mission

A unique solar observatory that will orbit within 4 million miles of our star's surface to directly study the formation of the solar wind

The first mission named for a living scientist: Dr. Eugene Parker, who theorized the existence of the solar wind

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