Parker Solar Probe

The Parker Solar Probe is a NASA space probe launched in 2018 to make observations of the Sun's outer corona.

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NASA Solar Probe; PSP; Solar Probe Plus; Solar Probe+
solar probe, heliocentric orbit, Delta IV Heavy, 

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2018-08-12T00:00:00Z

2018-08-12T00:00:00Z

2018 Parker Solar Probe

2023-09-27T00:00:00Z

2023-09-27T00:00:00Z

flyby

2018-08-12T00:00:00Z

2018-08-12T00:00:00Z

rocket launch

2024-12-24T00:00:00Z

2024-12-24T00:00:00Z

flyby

2018-10-01T00:00:00Z

2018-10-01T00:00:00Z

orbital activity

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Coronal streamer captured by PSP's WISPR

The view from Parker Solar Probe's WISPR instrument on Sept. 25, 2018, shows Earth, the bright sphere near the middle of the right-hand panel. The elongated mark toward the bottom of the panel is a lens reflection from the WISPR instrument.

Parker Solar Probe was making its closest approach to the Sun on June 7, 2020, when its Wide-field Imager for Solar PRobe (WISPR) captured the planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn in its field of view.

Parker Solar Probe inside one half of its 62.7-foot tall fairing

Eugene Parker 2019

Evolution of PSP design

The view from Parker Solar Probe's WISPR instrument on Sept. 25, 2018, shows Earth, the bright sphere near the middle of the right-hand panel. The elongated mark toward the bottom of the panel is a lens reflection from the WISPR instrument.

Artist’s impression of Parker Solar Probe approaching the Alfvén critical surface

Parker Solar Probe was making its closest approach to the Sun on June 7, 2020, when its Wide-field Imager for Solar PRobe (WISPR) captured the planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn in its field of view.

Parker Solar Probe inside one half of its 62.7-foot tall fairing

• A revised understanding of the structure of the Venusian magnetotail from a high‐altitude intercept with a Tail Ray by Parker Solar Probe - scholarly article, 2021

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Coronal streamer captured by PSP's WISPR		Commons
commons	image		The view from Parker Solar Probe's WISPR instrument on Sept. 25, 2018, shows Earth, the bright sphere near the middle of the right-hand panel. The elongated mark toward the bottom of the panel is a lens reflection from the WISPR instrument.		Commons
commons	image		Parker Solar Probe was making its closest approach to the Sun on June 7, 2020, when its Wide-field Imager for Solar PRobe (WISPR) captured the planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn in its field of view.		Commons
commons	image		Parker Solar Probe inside one half of its 62.7-foot tall fairing		Commons
commons	image		Eugene Parker 2019		Commons
commons	image		Evolution of PSP design		Commons
commons	image		The view from Parker Solar Probe's WISPR instrument on Sept. 25, 2018, shows Earth, the bright sphere near the middle of the right-hand panel. The elongated mark toward the bottom of the panel is a lens reflection from the WISPR instrument.		Commons
commons	image		Artist’s impression of Parker Solar Probe approaching the Alfvén critical surface		Commons
commons	image		Parker Solar Probe was making its closest approach to the Sun on June 7, 2020, when its Wide-field Imager for Solar PRobe (WISPR) captured the planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn in its field of view.		Commons
commons	image		Parker Solar Probe inside one half of its 62.7-foot tall fairing		Commons