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Parker Solar Probe

Agency
NASA
Launched
2018
Type
flyby
Status
active

NASA/Kennedy · NASA media (public domain)

Overview

Scientific overview

Parker Solar Probe is a solar probe, operated by NASA, launched in 2018.

Mission

Agency
NASA
Launched
2018
Type
flyby
Status
active

Gallery

Parker Solar Probe Antenna Deployment

Antenna's on NASA's Parker Solar Probe are deployed for testing at the Astrotech processing facility in Titusville, Florida, near NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Thursday, April 19, 2018.

2018

NASA/Kennedy · NASA media (public domain)

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Observation

How this was captured

Source
NASA
Observation date
2018-04-19

Targets & destinations

Sources

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  • NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration

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  • NASA JPLJet Propulsion Laboratory / Solar System Dynamics

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