The spacecraft about the size of a small car will travel directly into the sun s atmosphere about 4 million miles from our star s surface.
Parker solar probe sun images.
The spacecraft will get seven times closer to the sun than any probe ever has.
See images of nasa s parker solar probe mission which the agency plans to launch in july 2018.
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Nasa s parker solar probe will be the first ever mission to touch the sun.
Since that fiery early morning liftoff with the mission s namesake eugene parker in attendance the probe has made.
Nasa s parker solar probe launched a year ago on a mission to touch the sun.
Parker solar probe will swoop to within 4 million miles of the sun s surface facing heat and radiation like no spacecraft before it.