America’s space agency NASA’s spacecraft Parker Solar Probe has made a record of reaching very close to the sun on the evening of 24 December. This NASA spacecraft passed at a distance of about 61 lakh km from the sun. This is the first spacecraft in the world to make such a record. The agency further said that the Parker Solar Probe spacecraft will send detailed data of its status and discoveries on January 1. While passing near the sun, the speed of the spacecraft was more than 6.9 lakh km / hour. At that time the spacecraft was bearing 982 degrees Celsius heat. Despite such intense heat, the spacecraft has not suffered any damage. The outer atmosphere of the sun through which Parker passed is called corona. This is a big step towards understanding the sun and its effect on our solar system. Signal sent on 27 December
According to information received from NASA, Parker Solar Probe sent a signal to NASA’s Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory team on Earth on December 27, which made scientists know about its safety and proper functioning. The purpose of this NASA mission is to collect more information about the Sun, the closest star to Earth. The spacecraft reaching the outer atmosphere of the Sun will help scientists to get more information about the Sun. NASA said – Parker spacecraft is working properly According to the report of Times of India, NASA gave information saying – ‘After reaching closest to the Sun, the Parker Solar Probe has sent a beacon tone indicating that it is in good condition and is working normally. This is good news for us because the spacecraft was revolving around the Sun in a bad condition’. If the Parker spacecraft did not send signals to Earth by December 27, it would have been considered bad news for NASA. Scientist Noor Ravafi associated with this mission said that the pictures taken by Parker on December 24 will be available to NASA in January next year. After this, the rest of the data will be available when it moves further away from the Sun. Parker was launched 6 years ago
Parker Solar Probe was launched by NASA on 12 August 2018. It was launched with the aim of closely studying the Sun’s outer atmosphere, Corona. Through this, efforts are being made to understand the system of solar winds. It is also named after solar scientist Eugene Parker. Parker was the first to give information about solar winds. Eugene Parker passed away in 2022. This is the first time that a spacecraft was named after a scientist while he was alive. Parker Solar Probe flew near the Sun for the first time in 2021. For the first time in history, a spacecraft passed so close to the Sun. It was built to pass near the Sun a total of 24 times. To protect it from the heat of the Sun, it has been equipped with a 4.5-inch thick carbon-composite heat shield.
