Parker Solar Probe will pass 6.1 million kilometers from the sun at 6:53 a.m. Eastern on 2024-12-24.
Parker Solar Probe launched in 2018.
The Parker Solar Probe thermal protection system is performing better than expected and is experiencing lower temperatures than it was designed and tested for.
The final Venus flyby on 2024-11-06 set up Parker Solar Probe for its 2024-12-24 perihelion.
Delta IV launched NASA’s first Orion spacecraft on an uncrewed flight test and launched the Parker Solar Probe.
Parker Solar Probe was launched in 2018.
Parker Solar Probe’s closest solar approach is set for 2024-12-24 at 6.1 million kilometers from the sun’s surface.
The 2023-08-21 flyby was Parker Solar Probe’s sixth of seven planned Venus gravity assists.
The Venus flyby applied a velocity change (delta-V) that reduced Parker Solar Probe’s orbital speed by about 5,1500 km per hour (9,547 km per hour).
On each perihelion, Parker Solar Probe will come within 4.5 million miles (7.3 million kilometers) of the solar surface and will travel at speeds close to 394,1287 km per hour.
Parker Solar Probe flew past Venus on 2023-08-21 to use the planet’s gravity to aim toward a record-setting series of flights around the Sun starting next month.
The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory designed, built, and operates Parker Solar Probe and manages the mission for NASA.
Rocket Lab provided power to NASA’s Parker Solar Probe, which launched in 2018 and is the first mission to approach the Sun closely.
The final gravity assist maneuver for Parker Solar Probe is scheduled for 6 November 2024.
NASA's Parker Solar Probe has captured images revealing the surface of Venus beneath its toxic clouds.
The Wide-field Imager for Parker Solar Probe (WISPR) instrument enabled scientists to observe geological features on Venus, including highlands, plateaus, and plains.
Parker Solar Probe is using Venus to perform gravity assist maneuvers for its solar mission.
The flyby of Parker Solar Probe last year revealed a region called Aphrodite Terra, the largest highland region on Venus.
Parker Solar Probe is scheduled to conduct a total of seven gravity assist maneuvers, with five completed so far.
The Frontier-S by Rocket Lab is based on the APL Frontier Radio that flew on missions such as the Van Allen Probes, Parker Solar Probe, and the Emirates Mars Mission.