Data from the Wide-field Imager for Solar Probe (WISPR) instrument on board Parker Solar Probe captured during the spacecraft’s first solar encounter in November 2018.

Latest News | November 12, 2019

First Parker Solar Probe Science Data Released to Public
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Spacecraft Status

Current Mission: Orbit 3

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psp201911_0295.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): 16.90 Distance from Sun Center (AU): 0.937 Distance from Sun's Surface (RS): 200.5 Distance from Earth (AU): 1.301 Round-Trip Light Time (hh:mm:ss): 00:21:38 13 Nov 2019 06:00:00 UTC

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Aphelion: November 15, 2019, 3:24 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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