stormchasers

Today the fastest moving human object ever made came the closest to a star we have ever gotten, with the Parker Solar Probe

“The mission’s close-up with the sun is the culmination of a dream that dates to the dawn of the space age” — generations have worked on this project 

A heat shield of carbon foam only a few inches thick protects the internals of the craft from the sun’s heat — temperatures so hot they can melt any metal 

The spacecraft will be out of contact until Dec. 27, when Parker is scheduled to send a message back to Earth confirming its health.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/24/science/nasa-parker-solar-probe-sun.html?unlocked_article_code=1.j04.AGdc.btmyaHiq-6LP&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&tgrp=off

I think this belongs here. Sun chasing at its finest :)

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This is so amazing. Hopefully we’ll know today if all went well.