New York – TO NASA spaceship It will make another close brush with the sun, the second of three planned meetings through the sizzling solar atmosphere.
He Parker solar probe He made his first record pass at 3.8 million miles (6 million kilometers) of The scorching sun In December, flying closer than any object sent before.
The plans asked to try that trip again on Saturday. Since the overflow occurs outside the communication range, the mission team will not receive news from Parker until Tuesday afternoon.
Parker is the faster spaceship Built by humans, and once again it is ready to reach 430,000 mph (690,000 kph) to the closest approach.
Released in 2018 To see the foreground of the sun, Parker has since flown directly through its outer atmosphere, or crown.
Scientists expect Parker data to help them better understand why the outer atmosphere of the sun is hundred times hotter than their surface and what the solar wind, the supersonic current of charged particles constantly leaving the sun.
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