NASA will launch their first mission to the sun in 2018, the space agency announced Wednesday morning.
The spacecraft, the Parker Solar Probe named in honour of astrophysicist Eugene Parker, is scheduled to launch during a 20-day window that opens July 31, 2018.
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We've renamed our first mission to touch the sun as the Parker Solar Probe in honor of astrophysicist Eugene Parker:
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