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Last Post 10/13/2020 11:20 AM by Christina Cohen

NASA goes to the sun

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Nicole

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10/13/2020 10:59 AM
[email] Hi, do any of you work on NASA missions that go to the sun?

Christina Cohen

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10/13/2020 11:20 AM
I do - I'm on the Parker Solar Probe team, specifically the one for the energetic particle instrument. PSP has already flown closer to the Sun than any human-made object ever has. But, by 2024 it will get close enough to be flying through the outer portions of the solar corona, an amazing accomplishment that required some really impressive engineering.