NASA's Solar Probe Prepares For Mission To Sun's Corona
  • 6 years ago
According to Business Insider, NASA is preparing to launch a spacecraft aimed at the Sun.
The Parker Solar Probe is also set to become the fastest moving man-made object once it reaches space.
The spacecraft will accelerate to 430,000 miles-per-hour for a six-year mission orbiting our solar system's star.
The 1.5 billion-dollar probe will travel within 3.8 million miles of the solar surface, as it orbits the Sun to study it's outermost layer.
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