Parker Solar Probe's WISPR instruments captured the first-ever view of a dust trail in the orbit of asteroid Phaethon. This dust trail creates the Geminids meteor shower, visible each December.

Latest News | December 11, 2019

Revealing the Physics of the Sun with Parker Solar Probe: AGU 2019
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Current Mission: Orbit 4

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psp201912_0278.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): 21.86 Distance from Sun Center (AU): 0.851 Distance from Sun's Surface (RS): 181.9 Distance from Earth (AU): 1.367 Round-Trip Light Time (hh:mm:ss): 00:22:44 12 Dec 2019 13:00:00 UTC

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Venus Flyby 2: December 26, 2019, 6:14 pm

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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December 2, 2019

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