Parker Solar Probe Current Affairs, GK & News

Parker Solar Probes sends back first observations

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has sent back its first observations to the earth for scientists to decode the mysteries about the sun. The spacecraft was launched in August of 2018. It has completed 3 of the 24 planned passes by the sun’s unexplored regions. No other spacecraft has flown as close as the Parker probe ..

Topics: Astronomy • Corona • Light sources • Parker Solar Probe • Physical sciences • Plasma physics • Solar phenomena • Solar wind • Space plasmas • Space Science • Sun • Wind

Parker Solar Probe completes first Venus flyby: NASA

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has successfully completed flyby of Venus at distance of about 2,415 kilometres during its first gravity assist from planet. These gravity assists will help spacecraft tighten its orbit closer to Sun over course of the mission. The spacecraft in future will be carrying six Venus gravity assists over the course of ..

Month: Current Affairs - October, 2018

Topics: International • NASA • Parker Solar Probe • Science and Technology • Solar Strom • Sun • Venus flyby

NASA launches Parker Solar Probe mission to touch Sun

On August 12, the US space agency NASA has successfully launched the Parker Solar Probe mission to send a satellite closer to the Sun than any before. The rocket carrying the Parker Solar Probe lifted off from Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida in the US. It is the world’s ..

Topics: Astronomy • Corona • Light sources • NASA • Parker Solar Probe • Plasma physics • Solar phenomena • Solar telescopes • Solar wind • Space plasmas • Space Science • Sun

Parker Solar Probe: NASA to launch Humanity’s first flight to Sun in July 2018

NASA’s will launch humanity’s first mission Parker Solar Probe (PSP) to the Sun in July 31, 2018. It is undergoing final preparations for its scheduled launch on board of NASA’s Delta IV Heavy launch vehicle from Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. After its launch, the probe will orbit directly through solar atmosphere — the corona ..

Month: Current Affairs - April, 2018

Topics: NASA • Parker Solar Probe • Planetary system • Science and Technology • Space Missions • Sun

NASA to launch Parker Solar Probe to explore sun’s outer atmosphere

NASA is going to launch Parker Solar Probe in 2018 to explore the sun’s outer atmosphere. It will be launched onboard of Delta IV Heavy launch vehicle. It will perform its scientific investigations in a hazardous region of intense heat and solar radiation. Primary goals of mission: Trace how energy and heat move through solar ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2018

Topics: Delta IV Heavy launch vehicle • NASA • Parker Solar Probe • Science and Technology • Sun