A spacecraft of the US space research agency NASA is going to make history by traveling close to the Sun. Efforts are underway to fly the spacecraft past the 6.2 million km distance of the only star in the solar system. This news was revealed in a report published by the British media BBC on Tuesday (December 24).
Parker Solar Probe was launched in 2018. It has already crossed the Sun 21 times. But on December 24, it could record its closest approach to the Sun. Then it will be only 6.2 million kilometers away from the Sun. Considering the distance of about 150 million kilometers between the sun and the earth and the temperature of the surface of the sun is about 5500 degrees Celsius, this distance is really very small.
However, scientists have not been able to communicate with the spacecraft for the past few days. They expect to receive a message on December 28 at 5 PM ET. If you get that message, you can confirm that the spacecraft is functioning properly.
The head of NASA's science department. People have studied the sun for hundreds of years, Nicola Fox told BBC News. But one cannot get the full picture of that place without going somewhere.
It is expected that through this expedition, scientists will be able to know more details about the structure and function of the sun.
