Parker Solar Probe Timeline. Parker Solar Probe - former SPP (Solar Probe Plus) Spacecraft Mission. NASA's Parker Solar Probe is an exciting mission of exploration and discovery, a journey to the Sun itself.
That "wind" is a torrent of charged particles that the star constantly flings into space. The program is designed to understand aspects of the sun and Earth's space. The probe is set to become the fastest-moving.
The Solar Probe Plus mission is part of NASA's LWS (Living With a Star) Program.
Image caption A streamer, a dense part of the corona, moves away from the Sun (out of Just weeks after making the closest ever flyby of the Sun, Nasa's Parker Solar Probe is sending back its data.
NASA's Parker Solar Probe will be the first-ever mission to "touch" the Sun. The Parker Solar Probe is about to make a historic voyage to the sun. Also check out Where is Parker Solar Probe?, a page that provides all the information needed to find Parker Solar Probe in the sky and additional links to sky.