launched from USA

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 from SLC-37B Canaveral

aboard Delta IV Heavy D-380 into Heliocentric

Payload

Parker Solar Probe

Heliophysics