NASA ready for trip to the sun
"With each orbit, we'll be seeing new regions of the sun's atmosphere and learning things about stellar mechanics that we've wanted to explore for decades."Over the course of its seven-year mission, the probe will orbit the sun 24 times, each time sweeping through the corona, where the temperature is a blistering 2,500 degrees Fahrenheit (almost 1,400 degrees Celsius)".
NASA is close to launching a spacecraft on a voyage to the sun that will give scientists their closest-ever view of the star.
At 3:33 a.m. EDT, the Parker Solar Probe will launch from Space Launch Complex 37 on Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. It's the fastest any man-made object will have ever traveled and the probe will likely hold that title for a long time.
Scientists hope to unlock mysteries such as why the sun's corona, the outermost layer of its atmosphere, is hotter than its surface. Over the next seven years, the Parker Solar Probe will fly by Venus seven times, using the planet's gravity to bring itself closer to the Sun each time. "We're a technological society, so we have to understand this to better understand its impact and ultimately to be able to predict it just like we do weather on Earth".
Taliban launches brazen attack on strategic Afghan city of Ghazni
Defense ministry spokesman Mohammad Radmanish said the army helped the police and the city was under control of government forces. After a day of intense fighting, Afghan commandos and United States air strikes drove the group to the outskirts of the city.
Earth, and all the other objects in the Solar System are constantly plowing through what is known as the solar wind - a constant stream of high-energy particles, mostly protons and electrons, hurled into space by The Sun. These disturbances can also create complications as we attempt to send astronauts and spacecraft farther away from the Earth.
The craft comes equipped with a thick shield made of carbon composite foam and carbon fiber.
The powerful rocket is needed to propel the payload, NASA's Parker Solar Probe, to the sun.
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