Just over a month into its mission, Parker Solar Probe has returned first-light data from each of its four instrument suites.
Illuminating First Light Data from Parker Solar Probe
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Just over a month into its mission, Parker Solar Probe has returned first-light data from each of its four instrument suites.
On Sept. 13, Parker Solar Probe's first-of-its-kind water-cooled Solar Array Cooling System (or SACS) was made fully operational.
You can now track the position and speed of Parker Solar Probe on the web.
Parker Solar Probe continues to bring its instruments and secondary systems online — slightly ahead of schedule — as it speeds away from Earth.
At 6:07 a.m. EDT on Aug. 20, 2018, NASA's Parker Solar Probe successfully completed its first trajectory correction maneuver.
Just two days after launch on Aug. 11, 2018, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, NASA's Parker Solar Probe achieved several planned milestones toward full commissioning and operations, announced mission controllers.
NASA's Parker Solar Probe is on its way for a rendezvous with the Sun.
NASA's Parker Solar Probe's solar arrays have deployed.
Cheers and applause can be heard from the launch teams as NASA's Parker Solar Probe separates from the United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy third stage.
