Reaching the Sun

       https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/11/science/parker-solar-probe-launch.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fspace&action=click&contentCollection=space&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=sectionfront


        Touching the sun has always been impossible, but recently NASA has been developing a new spacecraft called Parker, headed toward space. the probe will help researchers explain solar wind and the suns outer layer. The space craft is one of the most powerful rockets made. It is said that the probe will eventually reach within 4 million miles into the suns atmosphere. The goal is to have the space craft travel in an 88-day elliptical orbit of the sun having the closest approach about 3.8 million miles. Parker was actually the first mission to be named after a living person, Eugene Parker. He was the first person to predict solar winds. This expedition is said to end in the year 2025 with a total of 24 orbits. 

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  1. AnonymousAugust 30, 2018 at 10:15 AM

    I didn't know this was even possible. Rooting for Parker!

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  2. chrheaSeptember 13, 2018 at 12:40 PM

    Include a response/reaction/implications.

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 14, 2018 at 5:32 AM

    If this is even possible it might be the greatest breakthrough in Science in a long time. Its also amazing to see how long it will take Parker to even reach the sun. I think it will be a long 7 years of anticipation.

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  4. AnonymousSeptember 15, 2018 at 8:59 AM

    This is crazy, I was shocked to read that Parker will get so close to the sun. Hopefully the mission is a success.

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