International space Agency NASA is going to launch a probe to the Sun

2017-09-28 11:07

International space Agency NASA is going to launch a probe to the Sun
NASA plans to send a probe to the Sun “Parker”.

Engineer mission Jim Cnson said that before the launch, scheduled for July 2018, you need to conduct a lot of tests, reports Rus.Media.

The camera will circle around the sun at a distance of seven million miles. The temperature there exceeds 1300 degrees Celsius, and the radiation levels are spiking. Data will be collected and sent Parker, overcome the 140 million miles back to Earth. They will help to answer the main question: why is the atmosphere called the corona of the Sun hotter than its surface, according to NTDTV.

As expected, the probe circled around the Sun 24 times. And with every turn it will get closer to the surface. To study the solar corona, it was equipped with five scientific instruments.