EPISODE · Jan 12, 2022 · 1H 1M
We have touched the Sun: The Parker Solar Probe’s triumph
from Planetary Radio · host The Planetary Society
The Parker Solar Probe dipped within the corona on its eighth encounter with our star. It found phenomena that have surprised and delighted heliophysicists, and it captured a movie that is one of the greatest space videos ever. We’ll talk about these and more with Nicola “Nicky” Fox, director of NASA’s Heliophysics Division, and Nour Raouafi, the mission’s project scientist. Get out your calculators! Winning the new space trivia contest will require some basic arithmetic. Discover more at https://www.planetary.org/planetary-radio/2022-fox-raouafi-parker-solar-probeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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A spacecraft has penetrated the Sun’s corona for the first time, revealing unprecedented data and capturing a mind-blowing video.
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We have touched the Sun: The Parker Solar Probe’s triumph
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