NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Arrives In Titusville Ahead of ULA Launch To The Sun On July 31

"Parker Solar Probe is humanity’s first mission to the Sun. After launch, it will orbit directly through the solar atmosphere – the corona – closer to the surface than any human-made object has ever gone.

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The [seven-year] mission is named for University of Chicago Professor Emeritus Eugene N. Parker, whose profound insights into solar physics and processes have guided the discipline. It is the first NASA mission named for a living individual."

Read the full article at Space Coast Daily. Text by NASA.