Parker Solar Probe

Parker Solar Probe: The world's first spacecraft to touch the Sun, know what is the meaning of this achievement?

Parker Solar Probe the American Space Agency's Space American Parker Parker Solar Probe did a great job of touching the sun. This success once considered impossible, was performed by the spacecraft it eight months ago, that is to say in April itself.

Washington agency. Scientists have made a new achievement in the direction of knowing the secrets of the solar system. The US space agency Nasa Parker vehicle touched the sun. On April 28, the vehicle entered the outer part of the Sun's atmosphere i.e. Corona. After analyzing the data, NASA has now released the information. The sun is the source of energy in our solar system, but until now scientists did not know much. The brightness of the sun's surface and the magnetic field around it limit the access of scientists. Overcoming these challenges, the Parker vehicle trying to get there. It is the first artificial object to reach the solar corona. During his trip, the vehicle will pass through Corona several times. In this sequence, in 2025, the vehicle will reach a distance of 61.6 lakh kilometers from the sun. This will be the closest to the sun. Information received from the vehicle reveals many mysteries. The Solar Parker probe was launched on Earth in 2018 prior to "touching" the Sun earlier this year. NASA launched this probe on August 12, 2018, to study the sun.

Know what is the goal of Parker Solar Probe?

This is part of the NASA Life with a Star program. Through this, the space agency's goal to understand the different aspects of the system between the sun and the earth and collect information relating to it. NASA said that the information we get from the Parker probe will further develop our understanding of the sun. Scientists at the US space agency said spacecraft NASA has moved closer to the Sun than ever, which entered the atmosphere known as the corona. After traveling 150 million kilometers from Earth, his first contact successful with the outer layer of the sun was announced at a meeting of the American Geophysical Union on Tuesday.

How was it possible to touch the sun?

A large team of scientists and engineers was behind this historic achievement, including Harvard and members of the center of astrophysics Smithsonian. This team is engaged in manufacturing and monitoring one of the most important pieces of equipment for the "Cup of the solar probe" probe. This cup is the apparatus that functions to collect particles in the atmosphere of the sun. This allowed scientists to understand that the spacecraft has successfully achieved the "crown", the outer surface of the sun's atmosphere.

The data collected in the spacecraft Cup revealed that on April 28, the Parker probe has crossed the outer surface of the sun's atmosphere three times. After at least five hours. A letter describing the success of the solar sensor has also been published in the journal 'Letter of physical examination. His plane was described as a very special engineering element.

After all, how was the spacecraft able to cross 11 lakh degrees Celsius?

The temperature of the sun's atmosphere, also known as Corona is about 1.1 million degrees Celsius (about 20 million degrees Fahrenheit). Such heat can melt all the substances found on Earth in seconds. This is why scientists have installed special technological heat shields in the spacecraft, working to protect the spacecraft from the heat of the sun, even at temperatures of millions of degrees.

In this regard, on 14 December, NASA told a press conference that their vehicle was able to get into the crown of the sun, that is to say, that Parker Solar Probe has now reached more within the Crown. At present, its distance from the sun's surface is about 79 lakh kilometers, but to reach the nearest Parker will have to wait four years.