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Artist's rendering of the probe approaching the sun
Into the unknown
Parker Solar Probe readies for close encounter
Published Nov 5, 2018 Video
Tonight, the probe will reach its first perihelion, when it will pass within 15 million miles of the sun's surface
DART spacecraft
Asteroids
Throwing DARTs at approaching asteroids
Published Sept 6, 2018
APL-led mission will test a technique for deflecting asteroids on a collision course with earth
Illustration of the solar probe flying through the sun's atmosphere
Taking the sun's measure
Published Fall 2018
The Parker Solar Probe is on its way to graze the sun, and the data it gathers may help answer some perplexing questions. / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Trajectory of parker solar probe
Parker Solar Probe
Liftoff
Published Aug 12, 2018
While most of the western hemisphere slept, an APL-built spacecraft prepared to make history
Parker Solar Probe approaches sun
Sun science
Can the Parker Solar Probe take the heat?
Published Aug 6, 2018
Researchers at the Applied Physics Lab develop a shield strong enough to protect the spacecraft's sensitive instruments from the heat of the sun
A spacecraft and fairing
Countdown begins
Cleared for launch
Published Aug 1, 2018
The Parker Solar Probe is making its way to the launchpad where it will lift off and begin its historic journey to the sun
Scientist assembles the Parker Solar Probe
NASA / APL
Behind the scenes with the Parker Solar Probe
Published July 16, 2018
Videographer Lee Hobson and photographer Ed Whitman spend their days documenting mankind's mission to "touch" the sun
Illustration shows various stages of a quadcopter in flight
Outer space
A Titan proposal
Published Dec 22, 2017
NASA selects for further development APL's Dragonfly mission to explore Saturn's largest moon
In a room tented in plastic, scientists in lab suits and hair nets inspect the Parker Solar Probe
Mission to the sun
Special delivery
Published Dec 20, 2017
APL-built Parker Solar Probe heads to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center for environmental testing
Lisa Valencia
Rockets' safe travels
Published Winter 2017
Alum Lisa Valencia is part of the team at NASA that develops technology to make decisions for rockets mid-flight / Johns Hopkins Magazine