Parker Solar Probe Quietly Launched
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•A Spacecraft Is About to Fly Into the Sun’s Atmosphere for the First Time
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On Christmas Eve , the Parker Solar Probe will make its closest approach yet to the sun.
It will come within just 3.8 million miles ( 6.1 million km ) of the solar surface.
The probe's heat shield will endure temperatures in excess of 2,500 degrees Fahrenheit ( 1,371 C) on Christmas Eve .
Nicky Fox , chief of science at NASA , was the project scientist for the probe.
The Parker Solar Probe will fly into the sun on Christmas Eve .
The instrument is a Faraday cup that hangs out to measure ion and electron fluxes from the solar wind.
The cup is made from sheets of titanium-zirconium-molybdenum with a melting point of about 4,260 degrees Fahrenheit .
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