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Preparing to Launch for the Sun!

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has cleared the final procedures in the clean room before its move to the launch pad, where it will be integrated onto its launch vehicle, a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy. This is an historic mission that will revolutionize our understanding of the Sun, where changing conditions can propagate out into the solar system, affecting Earth and other worlds. 

Parker Solar Probe will travel through the Sun’s atmosphere, closer to the surface than any spacecraft before it, facing brutal heat and radiation conditions — and ultimately providing humanity with the closest-ever observations of a star.

Seen here inside one half of its 62.7-foot tall fairing, the Parker Solar Probe was encapsulated on July 16, 2018, in preparation for the move from Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Florida, to Space Launch Complex 37 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, where it will be integrated onto its launch vehicle for its launch that is targeted for August 11, 2018.

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Spatial resolution of Hi-C compared to that of SDO/AIA

The highest resolution data from the corona we currently get on a regular basis are from the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) on the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), however, even higher resolution images have been obtained during a sounding rocket flight by the High-resolution Coronal Imager (Hi-C). The scientific objectives of Hi-C are central to the goal of understanding the Sun’s activity and its effects on the terrestrial environment by providing unprecedented views of small-scale structures in the solar atmosphere.

The Hi-C instrument is scheduled to launch on a sounding rocket May 29, 2018. This will be the third launch of the Hi-C instrument.

Image credit: MSFC/NASA

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