Publish photos of the Sun's atmosphere from the nearest distance
NASA's probe vessel captures the corona, or outer atmosphere of the Sun, from 27.2 million kilometers away.NASA successfully launched the spacecraft to approach the Sun.
The Alliance Delta IV rocket carries NASA's Parker spacecraft away from the launch pad from the Space Launching Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, USA, on 2:00 pmNASA is about to launch a ship
Taking charge this time is the unmanned probe Solar Parker. The ship is named after astronomer, astronomer Eugene Parker - who first introduced the concept of the solar wind.