Parker Solar Probe Antenna Deployment
Antenna's on NASA's Parker Solar Probe are deployed for testing at the Astrotech processing facility in Titusville, Florida, near NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Thursday, April 19, 2018. The Parker Solar Probe will launch on a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket from Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida no earlier than Aug. 4, 2018. The mission will perform the closest-ever observations of a star when it travels through the Sun's atmosphere, called the corona. The probe will rely on measurements and imaging to revolutionize our understanding of the corona and the Sun-Earth connection.
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Antenna's on NASA's Parker Solar Probe are deployed for testing Floridanear NASA's Kennedy Space Center on ThursdayApril 192018. The Parker Solar Probe will launch on a United Launch Alli2018. The mission will perform the closest-ever observations of called the corona. The probe will rely on measurements and imagi
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KSC-20180419-PH_KLS01_0050
Date Created
April 19, 2018
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KSC
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NASA/Kim Shiflett
Location
Astrotech Space Operations
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