NASA's Solar Tour
Starting Dec. 3, we took a journey from Earth to the Sun. We made pit stops along the way to learn how the Sun influences everything in the solar system.
In 2018, NASA launched Parker Solar Probe to study the Sun up close. But the mission has also taught us much more about our solar system.
On the final day of the #SolarTour, we had big news to share: Parker Solar Probe officially “touched” the Sun, becoming the first spacecraft in history to fly through the solar atmosphere.
Below are postcards we released at each pit stop of the Solar Tour campaign.
"Greetings from the Solar Tour" postcard
"Greetings from Earth" postcard
"Greetings from the eclipse" postcard
"Greetings from the upper atmopshere" postcard
"Greetings from the aurora" postcard
"Greetings from the magnetosphere" postcard
"Greetings from the Lagrange Point 1" postcard
"Greetings from interplanetary space" postcard
"Greetings from Venus" postcard
"Greetings from the solar wind" postcard
"Greetings from the solar cycle" postcard
"Greetings from near the Sun" postcard
"Greetings from the Sun" postcard
Solar Tour Map
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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Graphic designer
- Mary P. Hrybyk-Keith (TRAX International)
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Producer
- Joy Ng (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
Release date
This page was originally published on Friday, December 17, 2021.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:43 PM EDT.
Missions
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