Parker Solar Probe Pre-Launch Briefing

  • Released Thursday, August 9, 2018

Hosted by Karen Fox - Heliophysics Communications Lead, NASA Goddard/NASA HQ

Speakers:
Scott Messer - Program Manager, NASA Programs, United Launch Alliance
Omar Baez - Launch Director, NASA, Kennedy Space Center
Kathy Rice - Launch Weather Officer, 45th Weather Squadron, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Thomas Zurbuchen - Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate at NASA
Nicola Fox - Parker Solar Probe Project Scientist, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab
Andy Dreisman - Project Manger The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab


Engineers install the Parker Solar Probe's Thermal Protection System, or TPS.

Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Lee Hobson

Engineers test the Parker Solar Probes solar arrays.

Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Lee Hobson

Solar Limb Sensors all over the spacecraft can tell if it’s getting too much sunlight. If one of the sensors gets too much Sun, the spacecraft determines how best to maneuver itself into a safer position.

Credit: Johns Hopkins University/APL/Steve Gribben

The team behind Parker Solar Probe.Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Ed Whitman

The team behind Parker Solar Probe.

Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Ed Whitman



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This page was originally published on Thursday, August 9, 2018.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:46 PM EDT.


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