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Parker Solar Probe

NASA is going to launch Parker Solar Probe in 2018 to explore the sun’s outer atmosphere. The primary science goals for the mission are to trace how energy and heat move through the solar corona and to explore what accelerates the solar wind as well as solar energetic particles. The name of the probe initially called as ..

Parker Solar Probe

The Parker Solar Probe was launched in 2018 by NASA. The main objective of the probe is to observe the outer corona of the sun. What are the key features of Parker Solar Probe? The Parker Solar Probe travels through the atmosphere of the sun. As of November 2021, Parker Solar Probe is the only ..

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Parker Solar Probe: Detected radio signal from Venus

The NASA Spacecraft Parker Solar Probe has discovered a natural radio signal from Venus. These signals were detected when the space probe flew over the upper atmosphere of Venus. What did Parker Solar Probe find? The Parker Solar probe has measured the Venusian atmosphere. This is the first direct measurement of the planet’s atmosphere in ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021

Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs

Topics: Ionosphere • NASA • Parker Solar Probe • radio waves • solar cycle • Sun • Venus

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