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Image from Parker Solar Probe’s WISPR (Wide-field Imager for Solar Probe) instrument captures a coronal streamer, observed over the eastern limb of the Sun on Nov. 8, 2018, at 1:12 a.m. EST.
Credit: NASA/Naval Research Laboratory/Parker Solar Probe
A NASA scientific satellite launched in 2018 was scheduled to arrive at a critical juncture of its mission on Dec. 24, coming within 3.8 million mi. of the Sun’s surface, marking the closest approach any spacecraft has achieved to a star. The Parker Solar Probe was out of touch with mission controllers during the 6:53 a.m….
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