Parker Solar Probe Beauty Images

Parker Solar Probe sits in a clean room on July 6, 2018, at Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Florida, after the installation of its heat shield.

Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Ed Whitman

Parker Solar Probe sits in a clean room on July 6, 2018, at Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Florida, after the installation of its heat shield.

Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Ed Whitman

Parker Solar Probe sits in a clean room on July 6, 2018, at Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Florida, after the installation of its heat shield.

Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Ed Whitman

Parker Solar Probe sits in a clean room on July 6, 2018, at Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Florida, after the installation of its heat shield.

Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Ed Whitman

Parker Solar Probe sits in a clean room on July 6, 2018, at Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Florida, after the installation of its heat shield.

Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Ed Whitman

Parker Solar Probe sits in a clean room on July 6, 2018, at Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Florida, after the installation of its heat shield.

Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Ed Whitman

Illustration of NASA’s Parker Solar Probe approaching the Sun.

Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben

Illustration of NASA’s Parker Solar Probe leaving Earth.

Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben