NASA will launch their first mission to the sun in 2018, the space agency announced Wednesday morning.
The spacecraft, the Parker Solar Probe named in honour of astrophysicist Eugene Parker, is scheduled to launch during a 20-day window that opens July 31, 2018.
âThe solar probe is going to a region of space that has never been explored before,â said Parker. âItâs very exciting that weâll finally get a look. One would like to have some more detailed measurements of whatâs going on in the solar wind. Iâm sure that there will be some surprises. There always are.â
We've renamed our first mission to touch the sun as the Parker Solar Probe in honor of astrophysicist Eugene Parker:
â NASA (@NASA)
