Eugene Parker Reacts To Parker Solar Probe Launch
B-roll - Short version
Dr. Eugene Parker watches the launch of the spacecraft that bears his name — NASA’s Parker Solar Probe — early in the morning of Aug. 12, 2018. Parker Solar Probe is humanity’s first mission to the Sun and will travel closer to our star than any spacecraft before.
B-roll - Long version
Dr. Eugene Parker watches the launch of the spacecraft that bears his name — NASA’s Parker Solar Probe — early in the morning of Aug. 12, 2018. Parker Solar Probe is humanity’s first mission to the Sun and will travel closer to our star than any spacecraft before.

Credit: NASA/Glenn Benson

Credit: NASA/Glenn Benson

Credit: NASA/Glenn Benson

Credit: NASA/Glenn Benson

Credit: NASA/Glenn Benson

Credit: NASA/Glenn Benson
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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Editor
- Joy Ng (USRA)
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Videographer
- Lee Hobson (Johns Hopkins University/APL)
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Technical support
- Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
Missions
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This page was originally published on Sunday, August 12, 2018.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:46 PM EDT.



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