{"id":122962,"date":"2024-11-07T04:47:37","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T21:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=122962"},"modified":"2024-11-07T04:47:37","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T21:47:37","slug":"nasas-parker-solar-probe-completes-final-venus-flyby-before-kiss-with-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=122962","title":{"rendered":"NASA\u2019s Parker Solar Probe completes final Venus flyby before kiss with the Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\">\n<div class=\"video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"sub-text\">Images from NASA\u2019s Solar Dynamics Observatory highlight the appearance of the Sun at solar minimum (left, Dec. 2019) versus solar maximum (right, May 2024). These images are in the 171 wavelength of extreme ultraviolet light, which reveals the active regions on the Sun that are more common during solar maximum. (Video: NASA\/SDO)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">NASA&#8217;s Parker Solar Probe is set to make its final flyby of Venus on Wednesday, setting up the spacecraft to become the closest human-made object to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/sun\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sun<\/a> on Christmas Eve this year.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Launched in 2018, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/nasa-sun-cme-dust-solar-probe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Parker Solar Probe<\/a> has been slowly closing the distance to the Sun and will reach within 3.8 million miles of our star on Dec. 24.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">On Wednesday, the spacecraft began its final stage of that historical approach, coming within 233 miles of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/venus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Venus<\/a>. Using the planet&#8217;s gravity assist, the spacecraft will be set up for its final orbital configuration around the Sun. The mission has used its two previous flybys in 2020 and 2021 to gather data on Venus with the spacecraft&#8217;s Wide-Field Imager for Parker Solar Probe, or WISPR.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/nasa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NASA<\/a> said scientists expected to be able to track changes in the Venetian cloud cover but were surprised to find that during the 2020 flyby, WISPR was able to see through the thick clouds down to the planet&#8217;s surface.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-image component-center\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/288\/162\/x9flare.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/576\/324\/x9flare.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/720\/405\/x9flare.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1440\/810\/x9flare.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/668\/376\/x9flare.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1336\/752\/x9flare.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1336\" height=\"752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/668\/376\/x9flare.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"NASA\u2019s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of an X9.0 solar flare \u2013 as seen in the bright flash in the center \u2013 on Oct. 03, 2024. The image shows a blend of 171 Angstrom, and 131 Angstrom light, subsets of extreme ultraviolet light.\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"title\">NASA\u2019s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of an X9.0 solar flare \u2013 as seen in the bright flash in the center \u2013 on Oct. 03, 2024. The image shows a blend of 171 Angstrom, and 131 Angstrom light, subsets of extreme ultraviolet light.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"><strong> (NASA\/SDO)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">After Wednesday&#8217;s Venus flyby, the Parker Solar Probe will begin the final leg of its mission, getting closer to the Sun than any other human-made object has been before.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Parker continues breaking its own record. Just 78 days after lift-off in 2018, the spacecraft set the new record for the closest approach to the Sun by a human-made object at 26.55 million miles. The spacecraft will blow that record out of the water, coming nearly seven times closer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-image component-center\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/288\/162\/Screenshot-2024-03-27-at-4.37.34-PM.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/576\/324\/Screenshot-2024-03-27-at-4.37.34-PM.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/720\/405\/Screenshot-2024-03-27-at-4.37.34-PM.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1440\/810\/Screenshot-2024-03-27-at-4.37.34-PM.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/668\/376\/Screenshot-2024-03-27-at-4.37.34-PM.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1336\/752\/Screenshot-2024-03-27-at-4.37.34-PM.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1336\" height=\"752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/668\/376\/Screenshot-2024-03-27-at-4.37.34-PM.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"ULA's Delta IV Heavy rocket launches from Cape Canaveral, Florida sending NASA's Parker Solar Probe into space on Aug. 12, 2018.\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"title\">ULA&#8217;s Delta IV Heavy rocket launches from Cape Canaveral, Florida sending NASA&#8217;s Parker Solar Probe into space on Aug. 12, 2018.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"><strong> (ULA)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;This is a major engineering accomplishment,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/science-research\/heliophysics\/final-venus-flyby-for-nasas-parker-solar-probe-queues-closest-sun-pass\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said NASA Parker Solar Probe project scientist Adam Szabo.<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The timing of this close approach is perfect because the Sun recently reached <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/sun-reaches-solar-maximum-solar-cycle-25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">solar maximum in Solar Cycle 25<\/a> and continues to be very active with solar flares from active sunspot regions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">To study the Sun like no other spacecraft before, the Parker Solar Probe is a 4.5-inch-thick carbon-composite shield built to withstand 2,500 degrees Fahrenheit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">During its closest approach on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/holidays\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christmas Eve<\/a> this year, the spacecraft will dive through plumes of plasma still attached to the Sun. According to NASA, this is close enough to pass inside a solar eruption, similar to a surfer duck-diving under an ocean wave.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/nasa-parker-solar-probe-final-venus-flyby-sun-closest-approach\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Images from NASA\u2019s Solar Dynamics Observatory highlight the appearance of the Sun at solar minimum (left, Dec. 2019) versus solar maximum (right, May 2024). 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