Parker Solar Probe Launch Now Targeted For 3:53 a.m., Aug. 11

The launch team is targeting 3:53 a.m. EDT for liftoff of the United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket carrying NASA's Parker Solar Probe. The countdown is in progress at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Space Launch Complex 37.

The ULA Delta IV Heavy rocket that will carry Parker Solar Probe on its mission to study the Sun.
Credit: NASA / Kim Shiflett
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