launched fromUSA
Parker Solar Probe
Success
AUG 12201807:31:00 UTCHeliophysics 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.
LIFTOFF
AUG 12 201807:31:00 UTC
Success
launched fromSLC-37BCanaveral
aboardDelta IV HeavyD-380intoHeliocentric
Payload
Parker Solar Probe
Heliophysics
