NASA announces first-of-its-kind mission to the sun -- the Parker Solar Probe's mission begins in the summer of 2018 | CBS News

Three years after its launch, the Parker Solar Probe made its first passage through the sun's upper atmosphere. In 2018, we got a behind-the-scenes look at how NASA engineers built the probe to survive the tremendously hot journey. | NPR

And there it GOES! 🚀 Here’s Parker Solar Probe’s path across the Sun in real-time images taken by the Solar Ultraviolet Imager aboard the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites, or GOES-16, satellite. GOES watches the Sun to keep an eye out for solar eruptions headed our way. But it can also provide key context to help scientists better understand what Parker is measuring. Parker Solar Probe is built, managed and operated by the