Parker Solar Probe Animations
Movies
- ParkerAnimatedSeq.mp4 (1920x1080) [343.1 MB]
- ParkerAnimatedSeq.mov (1920x1080) [2.9 GB]
- ParkerAnimatedSeq.webm (1920x1080) [21.1 MB]
Images
- ParkerSolarProbe-AnimatedSequence.00001_print.jpg (1024x576) [41.9 KB]
- ParkerSolarProbe-AnimatedSequence.00001_thm.png (80x40) [3.2 KB]
- ParkerSolarProbe-AnimatedSequence.00001_searchweb.png (320x180) [37.2 KB]
- ParkerSolarProbe-AnimatedSequence.00001_web.png (320x180) [37.2 KB]
Animated Sequence Of Parker Solar Probe
Credit: NASA/JHUAPL
Movies
- NASA_TV_ObservingtheSun-4K.mpeg (1280x720) [60.6 MB]
- PRORES_B-ROLL_ObservingtheSun-4K_prores.mov (1280x720) [128.6 MB]
- ObservingtheSun-4K_appletv.m4v (1280x720) [14.0 MB]
- YOUTUBE_1080_ObservingtheSun-4K_youtube_1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [28.8 MB]
- ObservingtheSun-4K.webm (3840x2160) [2.8 MB]
- ObservingtheSun-4K.mov (3840x2160) [88.9 MB]
- YOUTUBE_4K_ObservingtheSun-4K_youtube_4k.mp4 (3840x2160) [73.1 MB]
- NASA_PODCAST_ObservingtheSun-4K_ipod_sm.mp4 (320x240) [3.1 MB]
Images
- ObservingtheSun-4K.00001_print.jpg (1024x576) [70.5 KB]
- ObservingtheSun-4K.00001_thm.png (80x40) [2.0 KB]
- ObservingtheSun-4K.00001_searchweb.png (320x180) [38.1 KB]
- ObservingtheSun-4K.00001_web.png (320x180) [38.1 KB]
Observing The Sun
Credit: NASA/JHUAPL
Movies
- NASA_TV_FairingSeperation-4K.mpeg (1280x720) [32.4 MB]
- PRORES_B-ROLL_FairingSeperation-4K_prores.mov (1280x720) [70.6 MB]
- FairingSeperation-4K_appletv.m4v (1280x720) [4.4 MB]
- YOUTUBE_1080_FairingSeperation-4K_youtube_1080.webm (1920x1080) [844.7 KB]
- YOUTUBE_1080_FairingSeperation-4K_youtube_1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [16.6 MB]
- FairingSeperation-4K.mov (3840x2160) [47.0 MB]
- YOUTUBE_4K_FairingSeperation-4K_youtube_4k.mp4 (3840x2160) [61.7 MB]
- FairingSeperation-4K_ipod_sm.mp4 (320x240) [2.1 MB]
Images
- YOUTUBE_1080_FairingSeperation-4K_youtube_1080.00001_print.jpg (1024x576) [41.4 KB]
- YOUTUBE_1080_FairingSeperation-4K_youtube_1080.00001_thm.png (80x40) [3.4 KB]
- YOUTUBE_1080_FairingSeperation-4K_youtube_1080.00001_web.png (320x180) [52.5 KB]
- YOUTUBE_1080_FairingSeperation-4K_youtube_1080.00001_searchweb.png (320x180) [52.5 KB]
Fairing Separation
Credit: NASA/JHUAPL
Movies
- NASA_TV_SwingbySunCloseupSun-4K.mpeg (1280x720) [40.4 MB]
- PRORES_B-ROLL_SwingbySunCloseupSun-4K_prores.mov (1280x720) [84.3 MB]
- SwingbySunCloseupSun-4K_appletv.m4v (1280x720) [6.8 MB]
- SwingbySunCloseupSun.mov (1920x1080) [22.0 MB]
- SwingbySunCloseupSun-4K.webm (3840x2160) [1.9 MB]
- SwingbySunCloseupSun-4K.mov (3840x2160) [57.0 MB]
- YOUTUBE_4K_SwingbySunCloseupSun-4K_youtube_4k.mp4 (3840x2160) [53.4 MB]
- NASA_PODCAST_SwingbySunCloseupSun-4K_ipod_sm.mp4 (320x240) [2.9 MB]
Images
- SwingbySunCloseupSun-4K.00001_print.jpg (1024x576) [70.1 KB]
- SwingbySunCloseupSun-4K.00001_thm.png (80x40) [4.4 KB]
- SwingbySunCloseupSun-4K.00001_web.png (320x180) [62.7 KB]
- SwingbySunCloseupSun-4K.00001_searchweb.png (320x180) [62.7 KB]
Swing By Of The Sun - Close-up
Credit: NASA/JHUAPL
Movies
- ThirdStageFiring.mp4 (1920x1080) [7.8 MB]
- ThirdStageFiring_prores.mov (1920x1080) [97.5 MB]
- ThirdStageFiring.webm (1920x1080) [722.6 KB]
Images
- ThirdStageFiring.00001_print.jpg (1024x576) [67.6 KB]
- ThirdStageFiring.00001_thm.png (80x40) [5.0 KB]
- ThirdStageFiring.00001_searchweb.png (320x180) [60.9 KB]
- ThirdStageFiring.00001_web.png (320x180) [60.9 KB]
Third Stage Firing
Credit: NASA/JHUAPL
Movies
- NASA_TV_ThirdStageSepFromSecondStage-4K.mpeg (1280x720) [56.7 MB]
- PRORES_B-ROLL_ThirdStageSepFromSecondStage-4K_prores.mov (1280x720) [119.3 MB]
- ThirdStageSepFromSecondStage-4K_appletv.m4v (1280x720) [15.7 MB]
- YOUTUBE_1080_ThirdStageSepFromSecondStage-4K_youtube_1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [33.3 MB]
- ThirdStageSepFromSecondStage-4K.webm (3180x2160) [2.2 MB]
- ThirdStageSepFromSecondStage-4K.mov (3180x2160) [45.4 MB]
- YOUTUBE_4K_ThirdStageSepFromSecondStage-4K_youtube_4k.mp4 (3840x2160) [74.8 MB]
- NASA_PODCAST_ThirdStageSepFromSecondStage-4K_ipod_sm.mp4 (320x240) [3.9 MB]
Images
- ThirdStageSepFromSecondStage-4K.00001_print.jpg (1024x695) [81.1 KB]
- ThirdStageSepFromSecondStage-4K.00001_thm.png (80x40) [4.8 KB]
- ThirdStageSepFromSecondStage-4K.00001_searchweb.png (320x180) [65.6 KB]
- ThirdStageSepFromSecondStage-4K.00001_web.png (320x217) [78.1 KB]
Third Stage Separation
Credit: NASA/JHUAPL
Movies
- NASA_TV_ThirdStageSepFromPSP-4K.mpeg (1280x720) [39.9 MB]
- PRORES_B-ROLL_ThirdStageSepFromPSP-4K_prores.mov (1280x720) [84.0 MB]
- ThirdStageSepFromPSP-4K_appletv.m4v (1280x720) [9.9 MB]
- YOUTUBE_1080_ThirdStageSepFromPSP-4K_youtube_1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [19.3 MB]
- ThirdStageSepFromPSP-4K.webm (3840x2160) [1.9 MB]
- YOUTUBE_4K_ThirdStageSepFromPSP-4K_youtube_4k.mp4 (3840x2160) [48.0 MB]
- ThirdStageSepFromPSP-4K.mov (3840x2160) [39.9 MB]
- NASA_PODCAST_ThirdStageSepFromPSP-4K_ipod_sm.mp4 (320x240) [3.0 MB]
Images
- ThirdStageSepFromPSP-4K.00001_print.jpg (1024x576) [27.3 KB]
- ThirdStageSepFromPSP-4K.00001_thm.png (80x40) [2.0 KB]
- ThirdStageSepFromPSP-4K.00001_web.png (320x180) [19.7 KB]
- ThirdStageSepFromPSP-4K.00001_searchweb.png (320x180) [19.7 KB]
Third Stage Separation From Parker Solar Probe
Credit: NASA/JHUAPL
Movies
- VenusFlybyFirstPass4K.mov (3840x2160) [56.5 MB]
- VenusFlybyFirstPass4K.webm (3840x2160) [2.9 MB]
Images
- VenusFlybyFirstPass4K.00001_print.jpg (1024x576) [59.7 KB]
- VenusFlybyFirstPass4K.00001_thm.png (80x40) [2.7 KB]
- VenusFlybyFirstPass4K.00001_searchweb.png (320x180) [36.2 KB]
- VenusFlybyFirstPass4K.00001_web.png (320x180) [36.2 KB]
Venus Flyby
Credit: NASA/JHUAPL
Movies
- VenusFlybySeriesFirstPassBeautyShotLarger4K.mov (3840x2160) [61.9 MB]
- VenusFlybySeriesFirstPassBeautyShotLarger4K.webm (3840x2160) [5.9 MB]
Images
- VenusFlybySeriesFirstPassBeautyShotLarger4K.00001_print.jpg (1024x576) [48.6 KB]
- VenusFlybySeriesFirstPassBeautyShotLarger4K.00001_thm.png (80x40) [3.5 KB]
- VenusFlybySeriesFirstPassBeautyShotLarger4K.00001_searchweb.png (320x180) [49.0 KB]
- VenusFlybySeriesFirstPassBeautyShotLarger4K.00001_web.png (320x180) [49.0 KB]
Venus Flyby
Credit: NASA/JHUAPL
Movies
- NASA_TV_SolarArrayDeploy-4K.mpeg (1280x720) [35.0 MB]
- PRORES_B-ROLL_SolarArrayDeploy-4K_prores.mov (1280x720) [72.2 MB]
- SolarArrayDeploy-4K_appletv.m4v (1280x720) [15.1 MB]
- YOUTUBE_1080_SolarArrayDeploy-4K_youtube_1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [15.8 MB]
- SolarArrayDeploy-4K.webm (3840x2160) [1.2 MB]
- SolarArrayDeploy-4K.mov (3840x2160) [29.6 MB]
- YOUTUBE_4K_SolarArrayDeploy-4K_youtube_4k.mp4 (3840x2160) [44.7 MB]
- NASA_PODCAST_SolarArrayDeploy-4K_ipod_sm.mp4 (320x240) [4.8 MB]
Images
- SolarArrayDeploy-4K.00001_print.jpg (1024x576) [60.4 KB]
- SolarArrayDeploy-4K.00001_thm.png (80x40) [4.6 KB]
- SolarArrayDeploy-4K.00001_web.png (320x180) [71.0 KB]
- SolarArrayDeploy-4K.00001_searchweb.png (320x180) [71.0 KB]
Solar Arrays Deployment
Credit: NASA/JHUAPL
Movies
- NASA_TV_MagBoomDeploy-4K.mpeg (1280x720) [24.0 MB]
- PRORES_B-ROLL_MagBoomDeploy-4K_prores.mov (1280x720) [54.4 MB]
- MagBoomDeploy-4K_appletv.m4v (1280x720) [3.2 MB]
- YOUTUBE_1080_MagBoomDeploy-4K_youtube_1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [13.4 MB]
- MagBoomDeploy-4K.webm (3840x2160) [1.1 MB]
- MagBoomDeploy-4K.mov (3840x2160) [37.8 MB]
- YOUTUBE_4K_MagBoomDeploy-4K_youtube_4k.mp4 (3840x2160) [45.7 MB]
- MagBoomDeploy-4K_ipod_sm.mp4 (320x240) [1.0 MB]
Images
- MagBoomDeploy-4K.00001_print.jpg (1024x576) [102.6 KB]
- MagBoomDeploy-4K.00001_thm.png (80x40) [4.3 KB]
- MagBoomDeploy-4K.00001_searchweb.png (320x180) [62.1 KB]
- MagBoomDeploy-4K.00001_web.png (320x180) [62.1 KB]
Mag Boom Deploy
Credit: NASA/JHUAPL
Movies
- NASA_TV_FieldAntennasDeploy-4K.mpeg (1280x720) [56.6 MB]
- PRORES_B-ROLL_FieldAntennasDeploy-4K_prores.mov (1280x720) [123.2 MB]
- FieldAntennasDeploy-4K_appletv.m4v (1280x720) [10.8 MB]
- YOUTUBE_1080_FieldAntennasDeploy-4K_youtube_1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [27.4 MB]
- FieldAntennasDeploy-4K.mov (3840x2160) [38.9 MB]
- YOUTUBE_4K_FieldAntennasDeploy-4K_youtube_4k.mp4 (3840x2160) [68.3 MB]
- FieldAntennasDeploy-4K.webm (3840x2160) [1.7 MB]
- FieldAntennasDeploy-4K_ipod_sm.mp4 (320x240) [3.6 MB]
Images
- FieldAntennasDeploy-4K.00001_print.jpg (1024x576) [55.1 KB]
- FieldAntennasDeploy-4K.00001_thm.png (80x40) [2.0 KB]
- FieldAntennasDeploy-4K.00001_searchweb.png (320x180) [35.8 KB]
- FieldAntennasDeploy-4K.00001_web.png (320x180) [35.8 KB]
Field Antennas Deploy
Credit: NASA/JHUAPL
Movies
- MissionTrajectory.mp4 (1920x1080) [41.8 MB]
- MissionTrajectory_prores.mov (1920x1080) [468.6 MB]
- MissionTrajectory.webm (1920x1080) [3.6 MB]
Images
- MissionTrajectory.00001_print.jpg (1024x576) [23.6 KB]
- MissionTrajectory.00001_thm.png (80x40) [1.6 KB]
- MissionTrajectory.00001_searchweb.png (320x180) [11.8 KB]
- MissionTrajectory.00001_web.png (320x180) [11.8 KB]
Mission Trajectory
Credit: NASA/JHUAPL
Movies
- NASA_TV_Goddard-FieldAntennasGlow-4K.mpeg (1280x720) [32.4 MB]
- Goddard-FieldAntennasGlow-4K_appletv.m4v (1280x720) [4.8 MB]
- YOUTUBE_1080_Goddard-FieldAntennasGlow-4K_youtube_1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [15.3 MB]
- Goddard-FieldAntennasGlow.mov (1920x1080) [14.7 MB]
- Goddard-FieldAntennasGlow-4K.webm (3840x2160) [1.5 MB]
- Goddard-FieldAntennasGlow-4K.mov (3840x2160) [43.3 MB]
- YOUTUBE_4K_Goddard-FieldAntennasGlow-4K_youtube_4k.mp4 (3840x2160) [41.4 MB]
- Goddard-FieldAntennasGlow-4K_ipod_sm.mp4 (320x240) [2.0 MB]
Images
- Goddard-FieldAntennasGlow-4K.00001_print.jpg (1024x576) [68.7 KB]
- Goddard-FieldAntennasGlow-4K.00001_thm.png (80x40) [4.2 KB]
- Goddard-FieldAntennasGlow-4K.00001_searchweb.png (320x180) [54.3 KB]
- Goddard-FieldAntennasGlow-4K.00001_web.png (320x180) [54.3 KB]
Field Antennas Glow
Credit: NASA/JHUAPL
Movies
- PRORES_B-ROLL_Goddard-Scene2CamPullBack-4K_prores.mov (1280x720) [118.5 MB]
- Goddard-Scene2CamPullBack-4K_appletv.m4v (1280x720) [9.4 MB]
- YOUTUBE_1080_Goddard-Scene2CamPullBack-4K_youtube_1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [27.6 MB]
- Goddard-Scene2CamPullBack-4K.mov (3840x2160) [142.4 MB]
- YOUTUBE_4K_Goddard-Scene2CamPullBack-4K_youtube_4k.mp4 (3840x2160) [73.7 MB]
- Goddard-Scene2CamPullBack-4K.webm (3840x2160) [3.4 MB]
- GoddardApproachingSun-B_ipod_sm.mp4 (320x240) [1.3 MB]
Images
- Goddard-Scene2CamPullBack-4K.00001_print.jpg (1024x576) [142.4 KB]
- Goddard-Scene2CamPullBack-4K.00001_thm.png (80x40) [7.4 KB]
- Goddard-Scene2CamPullBack-4K.00001_searchweb.png (320x180) [107.1 KB]
- Goddard-Scene2CamPullBack-4K.00001_web.png (320x180) [107.1 KB]
Parker Solar Probe With Sun
Credit: NASA/JHUAPL
Movies
- NASA_TV_GoddardApproachingSun-B.mpeg (1280x720) [38.7 MB]
- PRORES_B-ROLL_GoddardApproachingSun-B_prores.mov (1280x720) [83.6 MB]
- GoddardApproachingSun-B_appletv.m4v (1280x720) [4.6 MB]
- GoddardApproachingSun-B.mov (1920x1080) [13.4 MB]
- YOUTUBE_1080_GoddardApproachingSun-B_youtube_1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [14.6 MB]
- GoddardApproachingSun-B.webm (1920x1080) [955.7 KB]
Images
- GoddardApproachingSun-B.00001_print.jpg (1024x576) [88.6 KB]
- GoddardApproachingSun-B.00001_thm.png (80x40) [5.1 KB]
- GoddardApproachingSun-B.00001_searchweb.png (320x180) [68.5 KB]
- GoddardApproachingSun-B.00001_web.png (320x180) [68.5 KB]
Parker Solar Probe Approaches Sun
Credit: NASA/JHUAPL
Movies
- NASA_TV_SatelliteWhooshByCam.mpeg (1280x720) [48.3 MB]
- PRORES_B-ROLL_SatelliteWhooshByCam_prores.mov (1280x720) [99.4 MB]
- SatelliteWhooshByCam_appletv.m4v (1280x720) [9.7 MB]
- SatelliteWhooshByCam.mov (1920x1080) [13.8 MB]
- YOUTUBE_1080_SatelliteWhooshByCam_youtube_1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [23.4 MB]
- SatelliteWhooshByCam.webm (1920x1080) [1.3 MB]
- NASA_PODCAST_SatelliteWhooshByCam_ipod_sm.mp4 (320x240) [3.3 MB]
Images
- SatelliteWhooshByCam.00001_print.jpg (1024x576) [60.1 KB]
- SatelliteWhooshByCam.00001_thm.png (80x40) [3.2 KB]
- SatelliteWhooshByCam.00001_web.png (320x180) [53.9 KB]
- SatelliteWhooshByCam.00001_searchweb.png (320x180) [53.9 KB]
Parker Solar Probe Flies
Credit: NASA/JHUAPL
Movies
- NASA_TV_SunReflectOnArrays-4K.mpeg (1280x720) [56.6 MB]
- PRORES_B-ROLL_SunReflectOnArrays-4K_prores.mov (1280x720) [125.7 MB]
- SunReflectOnArrays-4K_appletv.m4v (1280x720) [7.9 MB]
- SunReflectOnArrays.mov (1920x1080) [25.2 MB]
- YOUTUBE_1080_SunReflectOnArrays-4K_youtube_1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [26.4 MB]
- SunReflectOnArrays-4K.mov (3840x2160) [65.1 MB]
- YOUTUBE_4K_SunReflectOnArrays-4K_youtube_4k.mp4 (3840x2160) [65.1 MB]
- SunReflectOnArrays-4K.webm (3840x2160) [2.3 MB]
- NASA_PODCAST_SunReflectOnArrays-4K_ipod_sm.mp4 (320x240) [2.8 MB]
Images
- SunReflectOnArrays-4K.00001_print.jpg (1024x576) [60.9 KB]
- SunReflectOnArrays-4K.00001_thm.png (80x40) [3.3 KB]
- SunReflectOnArrays-4K.00001_searchweb.png (320x180) [43.2 KB]
- SunReflectOnArrays-4K.00001_web.png (320x180) [43.2 KB]
Sun Reflects on Arrays
Credit: NASA/JHUAPL
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Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Animator
- Steve Gribben (Johns Hopkins University/APL )
Support
- Genna Duberstein (ADNET)
- Joy Ng (KBRwyle)
- Karen Fox (ADNET)
- Kathalina Tran (SGT)
- Sarah Frazier (SGT)
- Tom Bridgman (GST)
Missions
This visualization is related to the following missions:Related pages
New Results from Mission to Touch the Sun Live Shots
Dec. 4th, 2019
Read moreRead about the latest results HEREClick here for quick link to AUDIO interview with Eric ChristianClick here for quick link to canned interview with Aleida Higginson. Click here for quick link to canned interview with Nicholeen Viall. Click here for quick link to canned interview with Eric ChristianClick here for quick link to B-ROLL associated with this live shot. Click here for Education Outreach questions and answers with Eric ChristianClick here for quick link to Education Outreach questions and answers with Aleida Higginson. Canned interview with Aleida Higginson. TRT 3:42 Canned interview with Nicholeen Viall. TRT 3:50 Canned interview with Eric Christian. TRT 5:35 Audio interview with Eric Christian. TRT 1:13 B-Roll for Parker Solar Probe Live Shot. Education outreach questions and answers with Eric Christian. TRT 2:13 Education outreach questions and answers with Aleida Higginson NASA's Mission to Touch the Sun Shines a Light on Solar MysteriesParker Solar Probe Releases Hot New Results From the SunNo star is more important to us than our own Sun. But for something so necessary for life, there is a lot we don’t know about the familiar bright ball of gas. On Dec. 4th, NASA’s first mission to ‘touch’ the Sun will shed light on some of its biggest mysteries. Chat with NASA scientists on Thursday, Dec. 5th from 6:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. EST to learn more about how Parker Solar Probe is changing the way we think about the Sun and its role in our solar system. Parker Solar Probe launched in 2018 to study some of the Sun's mysteries from closer than ever before. With Parker, NASA is diving into the origins of solar wind — the stream of charged particles coming from the Sun — to learn more about how it behaves. The spacecraft is also looking back through time by examining space dust, cosmic crumbs left behind by passing comets and asteroids. Click here for more information about the Parker Solar Probe mission. Schedule an InterviewTo schedule an interview, please fill out our form: https://forms.gle/CJbRj3Zt9ojmZbMr5Satellite CoordinatesInterview Location: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MDHD Satellite Coordinates for G17-K17/Upper: Galaxy 17 Ku-band Xp 14 Slot Upper | 91.0 ° W Longitude | DL 11989.0 MHz | Vertical Polarity | QPSK/DVB-S | FEC 3/4 | SR 13.235 Mbps | DR 18.2954 MHz | HD 720p | Format MPEG2 | Chroma Level 4:2:0 | Audio EmbeddedSuggested Intro And QuestionsAnchor Intro:A MISSION TO TOUCH THE SUN…NASA’S PARKER SOLAR PROBE HAS JUST FINISHED UP ITS FIRST YEAR OF STUDYING THE SUN FROM CLOSER THAN EVER BEFORE, AND THE RESULTS ARE SIZZLING HOT. TODAY WE ARE JOINED BY _ TO TELL US MORE...Main questions:NASA’s mission to touch the Sun has just returned its first results. What is Parker Solar Probe seeing from up close?We’ve heard that one of the things Parker is looking at is space dust. Is it anything like dust here on Earth?The Sun is hot! How can Parker “touch the Sun” without burning up?This mission is the closest spacecraft to the Sun. What other records will Parker Solar Probe break?NASA is sending astronauts back to the Moon and beyond with its Artemis program. Could the Sun affect those travel plans?Where can we learn more about the Sun and Parker Solar Probe? Questions for longer interviews:The Sun has been pretty quiet lately. Did this period of low activity impact results from Parker Solar Probe?How does Parker Solar Probe help us understand other stars?This mission is complicated, what had to be accomplished for the Parker Solar Probe to fly?We’ve heard a lot about what’s going on up in space, how does space weather impact us on Earth?Please contact gsfc-nasamediarequest@mail.nasa.gov or 301-286-0918 if you have any questions. Related pages
Parker Solar Probe: Solar60 Series
Jan. 30th, 2018
Read moreParker Solar Probe Enters Thermal Vacuum ChamberNASA's Parker Solar Probe Deputy Lead Mechanical Engineer Felipe Ruiz and Lead Thermal Engineer Jack Ercol - both from Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab - take us through the process of preparing the spacecraft for space environment testing. The Thermal Protection System (TPS) simulator placed on the spacecraft is to provide accurate simulation conditions during testing. Learn more here. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Lee HobsonWatch this video on the Johns Hopkins APL YouTube channel. Parker Dedication Plaque and Send Your Name to the Sun InstallationParker Solar Probe Project Manager Andy Driesman and Project Scientist Nicky Fox, both from the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, discuss the installation of a plaque dedicating the mission to its namesake, Eugene Parker, who first theorized the existence of the solar wind. This is the first NASA mission to be named for a living person. On the plaque is a memory card containing Parker's 1958 paper about the solar wind, photographs of him during his career, and 1,137,202 names submitted by the public to join the mission on its historic journey to touch the Sun. Learn more here.Credit: Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Lee HobsonWatch this video on the Johns Hopkins APL YouTube channel. For More InformationSee [https://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/parker-solar-probe](https://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/parker-solar-probe) Related pages
Parker Solar Probe: Testing and Integration
Sept. 22nd, 2017
Read moreMain flight harness installation.Credit: NASA/JHUAPL Top deck cooling system installation.Credit: NASA/JHUAPL As the team readies the spacecraft for launch, blanketing and harness work continues.Credit: NASA/JHUAPL Parker Solar Probe continues to be prepared for launch with actuator testing and blanketing.Credit: NASA/JHUAPL Busy week with fit checks as well as a light bar test as the spacecraft prepares for launch in 2018.Credit: NASA/JHUAPL A time-lapse capturing Parker Solar Probe being transported from Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center for further testing in November 2017.Watch this video on the NASA.gov Video YouTube channel. Parker Solar Probe's heat shield recently moved from the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab, or APL, in Laurel, Maryland, to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt to undergo testing in the Thermal Vacuum Chamber, which will simulate the variable space conditions that the heat shield must endure during the mission.Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Lee HobsonWatch this video on the Johns Hopkins APL YouTube channel. The Parker Solar Probe team at Johns Hopkins APL prepares to lift the heat shield, called the Thermal Protection System, in preparation for shipment to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center for further environmental testing on Dec. 6, 2017.Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Ed Whitman Parker Solar Probe’s Thermal Protection System, or heat shield, is carefully moved to a shipping container for transport from Johns Hopkins APL to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center for further environmental testing on Dec. 6, 2017.Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Ed Whitman The Parker Solar Probe team carefully lowers the spacecraft's Thermal Protection System into a shipping container to carry the heat shield from Johns Hopkins APL to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center on Dec. 6, 2017.Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Ed Whitman The structure that holds Parker Solar Probe's Thermal Protection System is lowered into the Thermal Vacuum Chamber at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center on Dec. 7, 2017.Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Ed Whitman Parker Solar Probe's Thermal Protection System is lowered into the Thermal Vacuum Chamber at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in preparation for environmental testing on Dec. 7, 2017.Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Ed Whitman Parker Solar Probe's Thermal Protection System – the heat shield that will protect the spacecraft from the Sun's intense heat – is lowered into the Thermal Vacuum Chamber at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in preparation for environmental testing on Dec. 7, 2017.Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Ed Whitman Member of the NASA Parker Solar Probe team wheel the spacecraft – bagged to protect it from contamination – from its cleanroom at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., to the thermal vacuum chamber, where it will undergo approximately seven weeks of testing at extreme temperatures that will simulate the space environment.Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/Ed Whitman Parker Solar Probe is slowly lifted and carried to the top of the thermal vacuum chamber, which will simulate the airless environment of space, in addition to conducting intense hot and cold temperature testing. Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/Ed Whitman NASA's Parker Solar Probe descends into the thermal vacuum chamber at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. The spacecraft will be inside the chamber for about seven weeks.Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/Ed Whitman Engineers and technicians from the Parker Solar Probe team monitor the descent of the spacecraft into the thermal vacuum chamber.Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/Ed Whitman Parker Solar Probe team members begin the process of reattaching the spacecraft to power and other systems in preparation for testing the operation of the probe in intense heat and cold while in an airless environment.Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/Ed Whitman Members of the Parker Solar Probe team prepare the spacecraft for space environment testing in the thermal vacuum chamber at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. The thermal vacuum chamber duplicates the airless environment of space and simulates the cold and hot temperature cycles the spacecraft will endure during its seven-year exploration of the Sun. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Ed Whitman To prepare NASA's Parker Solar Probe for space environment testing, the team must make hundreds of connections to allow the engineers and technicians to monitor the safety and performance of the spacecraft's systems. Four hundred thermocouples mounted on the spacecraft let the team track the health of the probe as it undergoes temperature cycling in the thermal vacuum chamber at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Ed Whitman Parker Solar Probe team members from the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory work to attach testing and monitoring equipment and sensors to the spacecraft inside the thermal vacuum chamber at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Space environment testing duplicates the airless environment of space and simulates the cold and hot temperature cycles the spacecraft will endure during its seven-year exploration of the Sun.Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Ed Whitman NASA's Parker Solar Probe sits inside the thermal vacuum chamber at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. On Jan. 27, the spacecraft began space environment testing inside the chamber, which simulates the hot and cold airless environments that the mission will experience during its voyage to the Sun.Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Ed Whitman NASA's Parker Solar Probe sits inside the thermal vacuum chamber at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center just before the main hatch is closed to begin space environment testing. The thermal vacuum chamber duplicates the airless environment of space and simulates the cold and hot temperature cycles the spacecraft will endure during its seven-year exploration of the Sun.Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Ed Whitman Parker Solar Probe Enters Thermal Vacuum Chamber at NASA Goddard (B-roll)On Wednesday, Jan. 17, NASA's Parker Solar Probe was lowered into the 40-foot-tall thermal vacuum chamber at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. The spacecraft will remain in the chamber for about seven weeks, coming out in mid-March for final tests and packing before heading to Florida. Parker Solar Probe is scheduled to launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center on July 31, 2018, on a Delta IV Heavy launch vehicle.Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Lee HobsonWatch this video on the Johns Hopkins APL YouTube channel. Members of the Parker Solar Probe team prepare the spacecraft to be lifted from the Space Environment Simulator at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, on March 24, 2018. The spacecraft has spent eight weeks undergoing successful testing in the Space Environment Simulator to ensure that the mission will operate as planned during its seven-year long exploration of the Sun.Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Ed Whitman NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is carefully lifted from the Space Environment Simulator at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, on March 24, 2018. The probe has spent eight weeks undergoing space environment testing, including hot and cold cycling tests that mimic the temperature changes the spacecraft will experience during its seven-year long exploration of the Sun.Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Ed Whitman Parker Solar Probe is lifted out of the Space Environment Simulator at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, on March 24, 2018. The spacecraft has spent eight weeks undergoing space environment testing in the thermal vacuum chamber. After about seven more days of testing outside the chamber, Parker Solar Probe will travel to Florida for a scheduled launch on July 31, 2018, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Ed Whitman Members of the Parker Solar Probe team from the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab in Laurel, Maryland, monitor the progress of the spacecraft as it is lifted from the Space Environment Simulator at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, and lowered to the custom platform visible in the foreground. The spacecraft has spent eight weeks undergoing space environment testing in the thermal vacuum chamber before being lifted out on March 24, 2018.Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Ed Whitman Members of the Parker Solar Probe team from the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab and NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center carefully lower the spacecraft onto a specially built platform on March 24, 2018. The probe has spent eight weeks undergoing space environment testing, including hot and cold cycling tests that mimic the temperature changes the spacecraft will experience during its seven-year long exploration of the Sun.Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Ed Whitman Parker Solar Probe team members connect the spacecraft to a specially built platform after removing the probe from the Space Environment Simulator at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, on March 24, 2018. The probe will undergo about seven more days of testing outside the chamber, then travel to Florida for a scheduled launch on July 31, 2018, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Ed Whitman NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is wheeled into a clean room at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, on March 24, 2018, after successfully completing space environment testing to verify the spacecraft is ready for operations in space. The probe will undergo about seven more days of testing outside the chamber, then travel to Florida for a scheduled launch on July 31, 2018, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Ed Whitman Thermal Vacuum Chamber at NASA Goddard Opened (B-roll)The Space Environment Simulator at NASA Goddard is opened on March 24, 2018, in preparation for the removal of the Parker Solar Probe spacecraft. The spacecraft spent eight weeks undergoing space environment testing in the thermal vacuum chamber. After about seven more days of testing outside the chamber, Parker Solar Probe will travel to Florida for a scheduled launch on July 31, 2018, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Lee Hobson Parker Solar Probe Lifted from Thermal Vacuum Chamber at NASA Goddard (B-roll)Parker Solar Probe is lifted out of the Space Environment Simulator at NASA Goddard on March 24, 2018. The spacecraft spent eight weeks undergoing space environment testing in the thermal vacuum chamber. After about seven more days of testing outside the chamber, Parker Solar Probe will travel to Florida for a scheduled launch on July 31, 2018, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Lee Hobson WISPR door deployment testing (b-roll)The door on the WISPR instrument aboard NASA's Parker Solar Probe was tested on October 17, 2017 at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Lee Hobson For More InformationSee [http://parkersolarprobe.jhuapl.edu/index.php](http://parkersolarprobe.jhuapl.edu/index.php) Related pages
What is Parker Solar Probe?
Sept. 22nd, 2017
Read moreParker Solar Probe Trailer.Credit: NASA/JHUAPLComplete transcript available. Learn how Parker Solar Probe was connected to the August 21, 2017 solar eclipse.Credit: NASA/JHUAPL Complete transcript available. Parker Solar Probe will swoop to within four million miles of the Sun's surface, facing heat and radiation like no spacecraft before it. Launching in 2018, Parker Solar Probe will provide new data on solar activity and make critical contributions to our ability to forecast major space-weather events that impact life on Earth.Parker Solar Probe is an extraordinary and historic mission exploring arguably the last and most important region of the solar system to be visited by a spacecraft to finally answer top-priority science goals for over five decades.But we don't do this just for the basic science.One recent study by the National Academy of Sciences estimated that without advance warning a huge solar event could cause two trillion dollars in damage in the U.S. alone, and the eastern seaboard of the U.S. could be without power for a year.In order to unlock the mysteries of the corona, but also to protect a society that is increasingly dependent on technology from the threats of space weather, we will send Parker Solar Probe to touch the Sun. For More InformationSee [http://parkersolarprobe.jhuapl.edu/index.php](http://parkersolarprobe.jhuapl.edu/index.php) Related pages
NASA’s New Views of Venus’ Surface From Space
Feb. 9th, 2022
Read morePRODUCED VIDEOMusic credits: “Tides” and “Subsurface” by Ben Niblett [PRS] and Jon Cotton [PRS] from Universal Production MusicComplete transcript available.Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel. PRODUCED VIDEO - NO CAPTIONS VIDEOAs Parker Solar Probe flew by Venus on its fourth flyby in February 2021, its WISPR instrument captured these images, strung into a video, showing the nightside surface of the planet. Credit: NASA/APL/NRL GIFAs Parker Solar Probe flew by Venus on its fourth flyby in February 2021, its WISPR instrument captured these images, strung into a video, showing the nightside surface of the planet. Credit: NASA/APL/NRL VIDEOWISPR images from Parker Solar Probe's fourth flyby of Venus align with topographical maps from NASA's Magallen mission. The Magellan mission mapped the surface of Venus with radar in the 1990s. The images gave the first global view of what was below Venus’ thick clouds. Credit: NASA/APL/NRL (left), Magellan Team/JPL/USGS (right) GIF WISPR images from Parker Solar Probe's fourth flyby of Venus align with topographical maps from NASA's Magallen mission. The Magellan mission mapped the surface of Venus with radar in the 1990s. The images gave the first global view of what was below Venus’ thick clouds. Credit: NASA/APL/NRL (left), Magellan Team/JPL/USGS (right) VIDEOThis composite shows the images from Parker Solar Probe’s fourth flyby of Venus superimposed on a radar map of Venus previously taken by NASA's Magellan mission. Credit: Magellan Team/JPL/USGS VIDEOOn July 11, 2020, Parker Solar Probe flew by Venus during the mission's third gravity assist of the planet and captured these images using its cameras known as WISPR. WISPR images align with topographical maps from NASA's Magallen mission. The Magellan mission mapped the surface of Venus with radar in the 1990s. The images gave the first global view of what was below Venus’ thick clouds. Credit: NASA/APL/NRL (black and white image), Magellan Team/JPL/USGS (color image) GIFOn July 11, 2020, Parker Solar Probe flew by Venus during the mission's third gravity assist of the planet and captured these images using its cameras known as WISPR. WISPR images align with topographical maps from NASA's Magallen mission. The Magellan mission mapped the surface of Venus with radar in the 1990s. The images gave the first global view of what was below Venus’ thick clouds. Credit: NASA/APL/NRL (black and white image), Magellan Team/JPL/USGS (color image) IMAGEWhen flying past Venus in July 2020, Parker Solar Probe’s WISPR instrument, short for Wide-field Imager for Parker Solar Probe, detected a bright rim around the edge of the planet that may be nightglow — light emitted by oxygen atoms high in the atmosphere that recombine into molecules in the nightside. The prominent dark feature in the center of the image is Aphrodite Terra, the largest highland region on the Venusian surface. Bright streaks in WISPR, such as the ones seen here, are typically caused by a combination of charged particles — called cosmic rays — sunlight reflected by grains of space dust, and particles of material expelled from the spacecraft’s structures after impact with those dust grains. The number of streaks varies along the orbit or when the spacecraft is traveling at different speeds, and scientists are still in discussion about the specific origins of the streaks here. The dark spot appearing on the lower portion of Venus is an artifact from the WISPR instrument.Credit: NASA/APL/NRL IMAGEThe Magellan mission mapped the surface of Venus with radar in the 1990s. The images gave the first global view of what was below Venus’ thick clouds. This radar image aligns with the surface features seen on WISPR images captured by Parker Solar Probe during its third flyby of the planet in July 2020.Credit: Magellan Team/JPL/USGS IMAGEThe first visible light images of Venus were taken by the Soviet Union’s Venera program when spacecraft landed on the planet’s surface in the 1970s and 1980s. This image was captured by the Venera 9 and 10 spacecraft.Credit: NASA/NSSDCA/Courtesy of the USSR IMAGEThe first visible light images of Venus were taken by the Soviet Union’s Venera program when spacecraft landed on the planet’s surface in the 1970s and 1980s. This image was captured by the Venera 13 spacecraft.Credit: NASA/NSSDCA/Courtesy of the USSR IMAGEThe first visible light images of Venus were taken by the Soviet Union’s Venera program when spacecraft landed on the planet’s surface in the 1970s and 1980s. This image was captured by the left camera on the Venera 13 spacecraft.Credit: NASA/NSSDCA/Courtesy of the USSR IMAGEThe first visible light images of Venus were taken by the Soviet Union’s Venera program when spacecraft landed on the planet’s surface in the 1970s and 1980s. This image was captured by the right camera on the Venera 13 spacecraft.Credit: NASA/NSSDCA/Courtesy of the USSR IMAGEThe first visible light images of Venus were taken by the Soviet Union’s Venera program when spacecraft landed on the planet’s surface in the 1970s and 1980s. This image was captured by the Venera 14 spacecraft.Credit: NASA/NSSDCA/Courtesy of the USSR NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has taken its first visible light images of the surface of Venus from space. Smothered in thick clouds, Venus’ surface is usually shrouded from sight. But in two recent flybys of the planet, Parker used its Wide-Field Imager, or WISPR, to image the entire nightside in wavelengths of the visible spectrum – the type of light that the human eye can see – and extending into the near-infrared.The images, combined into a video, reveal a faint glow from the surface that shows distinctive features like continental regions, plains, and plateaus. A luminescent halo of oxygen in the atmosphere can also be seen surrounding the planet.Link to NASA.gov feature.Link to associated research paper. For More InformationSee [Research Paper](https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2021GL096302) Related pages
Parker Solar Probe: Environmental Testing
Dec. 6th, 2017
Read moreMusic credit: 'Push Away' by Andrew Michael Britton [PRS], David Stephen Goldsmith [PRS], Mikey Rowe [PRS] from Killer Tracks.Complete transcript available.Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel. A collection of b-roll gathered during the laser testing at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Ed Whitman NASA’s Parker Solar Probe passed laser illumination testing the week of Nov. 27, 2017. During this test, each segment of the spacecraft’s solar panels was illuminated with lasers to check that they were still electrically connected after the vigorous vibration and acoustic testing completed earlier this fall. NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is in the midst of intense environmental testing at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, in preparation for its journey to the Sun. These tests have simulated the noise and shaking the spacecraft will experience during its launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida, scheduled for July 31, 2018.Parker Solar Probe’s integration and testing team must check over the spacecraft and systems to make sure everything is still in optimal working condition after experiencing these rigorous conditions – including a check of the solar arrays, which will provide electrical power to the spacecraft.Parker Solar Probe will explore the Sun's outer atmosphere and make critical observations that will answer decades-old questions about the physics of stars. The resulting data will also help improve how we forecast major eruptions on the Sun and subsequent space weather events that can impact life on Earth, as well as satellites and astronauts in space. The mission is named for Eugene N. Parker, whose profound insights into solar physics and processes have helped shape the field of heliophysics.Link to Parker Solar Probe blog post. Related pages