Parker Solar Probe
AgencyNASA
Year2018
TypeSun flyby
RocketDelta IV Heavy
CountryUSA
About the Mission
The closest any human-made object has been to the Sun, within 6 million km. Survives temperatures over 1,370 degrees Celsius behind a carbon-composite shield. Travels at 700,000 km/h, the fastest object ever made. Named after Eugene Parker, the first living person to have a spacecraft named after them.
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