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Read 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 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

Main 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

Parker 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