launched fromUSA

Parker Solar Probe

Success
AUG 12201807:31:00 UTC

Heliophysics observation mission planned to make in situ studies of the Sun's outer corona at a perihelion distance of 8.5 solar radii (5.9 million kilometers) - the closest any spacecraft will come to the Sun to date.

launched fromSLC-37BCanaveral

aboardDelta IV HeavyD-380intoHeliocentric

Payload

Parker Solar Probe

Heliophysics