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As important as the 1969 moon landing, NASA's historic mission to 'touch the Sun'

2023-12-30 20:05:44Lifestyle SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
As important as the 1969 moon landing, NASA's historic mission to
NASA's historic mission to 'touch the Sun'

December 24, 2024 promises to be an extraordinary moment in the history of space exploration. NASA's Parker Solar Probe, a mission launched in 2018, is about to approach the Sun at an unprecedented close of 6.1 million kilometers, reaching a record speed of 195 km/s.

Scientists have compared this event to the extraordinary importance of the moon landing in 1969.

"We are basically almost landing on a star. This will be a monumental achievement for all of humanity. This is equivalent to the moon landing in 1969," said the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory scientist for BBC News.

As important as the 1969 moon landing, NASA's historic mission to

Parker's speed will come from the huge gravitational pull it feels as it falls toward the Sun. It will be similar to flying from New York to London in less than 30 seconds.

The US space agency's Parker Solar Probe is one of the most daring missions ever conceived.

Launched in 2018, it aims to make repeated and ever closer passes of the Sun. The last maneuver in 2024 will take Parker to just 4% of the Sun-Earth distance (149 million km/).

The mission aims to delve deeper into the Sun's enigmatic characteristics than ever before. The focus of this exploration is the corona, the Sun's outer atmosphere, which has been a source of intriguing scientific puzzles, such as its superheating and the acceleration of charged particles in a supersonic solar wind.

To withstand the intense heat of up to 1400C at perihelion, the probe is equipped with a thick heat shield. This shield plays a crucial role in protecting the spacecraft from the extreme heat of the Sun, enabling it to get closer to our star than any previous mission.

The data collected in this exploration could provide essential insights into solar processes, improve our understanding of space weather, and improve safety measures for future lunar missions.


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