All systems ‘go’ as Parker Solar Probe approaches closest encounter with Sun
Objective controllers state all systems are "go" on the Parker Solar Probe as it approaches the closest indicate the intense surface area of the Sun, which is set for Christmas Eve. Submit Image by Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory/Wikimedia Commons
Dec. 21 (UPI)-- NASA's Parker Solar Probe is running typically and stays on schedule for a record-setting close encounter with the Sun on Christmas Eve, objective controllers state.
All spacecraft systems on the probe are running generally as it nears its closest indicate the Sun at 3.8 million miles above the intense solar surface area, the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory stated in an upgrade released Friday.
"No human-made item has actually ever passed this near a star, so Parker will genuinely be returning information from ...