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Parker Solar Probe

Levels
  • Intermediate (6-8)
  • Advanced (9-12+)
Material Type
  • Film/Documentary/Show
Heliophysics Big Ideas
  • Big Idea 1.2 – The Sun is active…
  • Big Idea 3.1 – The Sun is made of churning plasma…
  • Big Idea 3.2 – Energy from the Sun is created in the core…
NGSS
  • ESS2 - Earth's Systems
  • PS2 - Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
Heliophysics Topics
  • Corona
  • Solar Wind
  • Space Weather
Heliophysics Missions
  • Parker Solar Probe
Material Cost per Learner Free
Language English

These four short videos (<4 minutes) examine the challenges of NASA's Parker Solar Probe Mission to touch the Sun. The spacecraft will enter the Sun's atmosphere, the corona, and make its closest approach to the Sun in 2025.

Mission Overview:

Getting to the Sun:

Orbital Path:

Why Won’t it Melt?: