Sunset Show for Parker Solar Probe

The Parker Solar Probe Mission Science Briefing held at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on August 9, 2018. Parker Solar Probe observes the Sun. Credit: Johns Hopkins University/APL/Steve Gribben Parker Solar Probe approaches the Sun. Credit: Johns Hopkins University/APL/Steve Gribben 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 Hosted by Karen Fox - Heliophysics Communications Lead, NASA Goddard/NASA HQSpeakers:Scott Messer - Program Manager, NASA Programs, United Launch AllianceOmar Baez - Launch Director, NASA, Kennedy Space CenterKathy Rice - Launch Weather Officer, 45th Weather Squadron, Cape Canaveral Air Force StationThomas Zurbuchen - Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate at NASANicola Fox - Parker Solar Probe Project Scientist, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics LabAndy Dreisman - Project Manger The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab Related pages

Trailer without text introduction. Music credit: Luminous Skies [Underscore] by Andrew Prahlow from www.killertracks.comComplete transcript available.Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel. Image of Parker Solar Probe. Credit: APL/NASA GSFC Beauty pass animation of Parker Solar Probe in the solar wind. Credit: NASA GSFC/CIL/Brian Monroe Animation of the solar wind. Credit: NASA GSFC/CIL/Krystofer Kim Photo of Eugene Parker. Credit: University of Chicago Animation of a coronal mass ejection (CME) from the Sun. Credit: NASA GSFC/CIL/Krystofer Kim Animation of a spacecraft being damaged by space weather. Credit: NASA GSFC/CIL/Krystofer Kim Graphic illustrating the layers of the Sun. Credit: NASA GSFC/Mary Pat Hrybyk-Keith Animation of Parker Solar Probe during a Venus flyby. Credit: Johns Hopkins University/APL/Steve Gribben Animation of Parker Solar Probe's trajectory. Credit: Johns Hopkins University/APL/Steve Gribben Animation of Parker Solar Probe approaching the Sun. Credit: Johns Hopkins University/APL/Steve Gribben Graphic identifying the solar limb sensors on Parker Solar Probe. The sensors help the spacecraft stay oriented behind its protective shield. Credit: NASA/APL Engineer Patrick Hill (Johns Hopkins APL) gives a tour of the Parker Solar Probes's systems. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Lee HobsonComplete transcript available. July 20, 2018 - Live from NASA Kennedy - 1:00 p.m. ESTHosted by Karen Fox - Heliophysics Communications Lead, NASA Goddard/NASA HQSpeakers:Nicola Fox - Parker Solar Probe Project Scientist, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics LabAlex Young - Solar Scientist from NASA GoddardThomas Zurbuchen - Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate at NASABetsy Congdon - Thermal Protection System Engineer at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab Related pages