The Parker probe of the NASA He completed his approach number 23 to the Sun on March 22, matching his own record of minimum distance by flying to approximately 6.1 million of the solar surface.
The approach (known as perihelio) occurred at 22.42 UTC, with the Parker solar probe by moving to 692,000 kilometers per hour Around the sun, rename your own speed record, reports NASA.
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The proof that the overflow was successful was that the probe communicated on March 24 with the mission operators in the Johns Hopkins applied physics laboratory, where it was also designed and built. A sound signal indicated that it was in good condition and that all systems worked normally.
This overflow, the second at this distance and speed after the first, registered on December 24, allows the spacecraft to make unmatched scientific measurements of the solar wind and the related activity.
Launched in 2018, NASA’s parker probe Study the Sun from closer than any other spacecraft. With the mission of ‘touch’ the sun, the probe became 2021 in the first spacecraft to cross the crown, the upper atmosphere of the sun.
Brutal heat and radiation
With each orbit closer to our host star, the probe faces brutal heat and radiation to provide humanity to unprecedented observations.
Parker is collecting measurements and images to expand knowledge about the origin and evolution of the solar wind, and contributes decisively to the forecast of changes in the spatial environment that affect life and technology on earth.