Delta IV Heavy | Parker Solar Probe

Mission Details

Flying into the Sun’s atmosphere (or corona) for the first time. Coming closer to the Sun than any previous spacecraft, Parker Solar Probe will employ a combination of in situ measurements and imaging to achieve the mission’s primary scientific goal: to understand how the Sun’s corona is heated and how the solar wind is accelerated.

Type

Heliophysics

Orbit

Heliocentric N/A (Helio-N/A)

Programs

NASA Large Strategic Science Missions

Launch Site

Pad

Space Launch Complex 37B

Location

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Country

🇺🇸 USA