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    T-4 Minutes and Holding

    The launch countdown is in a T-4 minute hold. The launch team is proceeding toward launch of a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heady rocket carrying Parker Solar Probe on a mission to the Sun.

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    Parker Solar Probe Named for Physicist

    Photo of Eugene Parker at a prelaunch mission briefing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

    In 2017, Parker Solar Probe was renamed for Eugene Parker, the S Chandrasekhar Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Chicago.

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    NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Ready for Launch Atop Delta IV Heavy Rocket

    The ULA Delta IV Heavy rocket is on Space Launch Complex-37 with NASA's Parker Solar Probe.

    Hello, and welcome back to our coverage of the Parker Solar Probe launch. Everything is proceeding toward launch of the pioneering spacecraft at 3:31 a.m. EDT on a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket from Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The weather forecast has improved to 95 …

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    Parker Solar Probe New Launch Date is Aug. 12

    : The United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket that will launch NASA's Parker Solar Probe on a mission to study to Sun is seen as the Mobile Service Tower gantry at Space Launch Complex 37 rolls back on Friday, Aug. 10, 2018, at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

    The launch of a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket carrying the Parker Solar Probe spacecraft was scrubbed today due to a violation of a launch limit, resulting in a hold. There was not enough time remaining in the window to recycle.

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    T-4 Minutes and Counting

    The ULA Delta IV Heavy is ready to launch Parker Solar Probe on its mission to the Sun.

    The Parker Solar Probe countdown is underway toward a liftoff at 4:28 a.m. EDT. During the last four minutes of the countdown, the Delta IV Heavy propellant tanks will be brought up to flight pressure, the rocket and spacecraft will be confirmed on internal power, and the Eastern Range and launch managers will perform final status checks. A computerized autosequencer will take over the countdown in order to conduct a host of activities in precise order.

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    T-4 Minutes and Holding

    Encapsulated in its payload fairing, NASA's Parker Solar Probe has been mated to a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Space Launch Complex 37 on Tuesday, July 31, 2018.

    The launch countdown is in a T-4 minute hold. The launch team is proceeding toward launch of a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket carrying Parker Solar Probe on a mission to the Sun. Liftoff is now scheduled for 4:28 a.m. EDT with a 95 percent chance for favorable weather.

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