NASA launches spacecraft to probe the Sun

NASA will  launch today  a $1.5 billion Parker Solar Probe spacecraft that aims to plunge into the Sun’s sizzling atmosphere and become humanity’s first mission to explore a star. The car-sized spacecraft is scheduled to blast off on a Delta IV Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida early Saturday. The 65-minute launch window opens at […]

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NASA set to embark on first mission to sun

The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is planning its first visit to the sun and has invited people around the world to join the new Parker Solar Probe mission by submitting their names. According to a NASA online statement released on Friday, a microchip that stores all the names collected before April 27 […]

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