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The Vehicle Assembly Building. NASA Social event coverage for the Parker Solar Probe launch. August 9-12, 2018
The Vehicle Assembly Building. NASA Social event coverage for the Parker Solar Probe launch. August 9-12, 2018
The Vehicle Assembly Building. NASA Social event coverage for the Parker Solar Probe launch. August 9-12, 2018
The Vehicle Assembly Building. NASA Social event coverage for the Parker Solar Probe launch. August 9-12, 2018
NASA's Parker Solar Probe launches on its journey to touch the Sun aboard a Delta IV Heavy rocket at 3:31am EDT August 12, 2018. This photo is a single, 7.5 minute exposure of the first stage of rocket flight.
A fairly unusual sight, a NASA logo on the Delta IV payload fairing. This mission also features the final visible use of Orbital ATK's logo, who have since been acquired by Northrop Grumman
The Vehicle Assembly Building. NASA Social event coverage for the Parker Solar Probe launch. August 9-12, 2018
@NASAGoddard : RT @NASASun: We are now targeting Aug. 11, 2018, for the launch of Parker #SolarProbe. During final inspections following the encapsulation of the spacecraft, a small strip of foam was found inside the fairing and additional time is needed for inspection. Full details: t.co/nTvJueniJK t.co/HjYmbOFAkg (via Twitter twitter.com/NASAGoddard/status/1021860572118306817)
The Vehicle Assembly Building. NASA Social event coverage for the Parker Solar Probe launch. August 9-12, 2018
Hours before the rise of the very star it will study, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe launched from Florida Sunday to begin its journey to the Sun, where it will undertake a landmark mission. The spacecraft will transmit its first science observations in December, beginning a revolution in our understanding of the star that makes life on Earth possible.
Roughly the size of a small car, the spacecraft lifted off at 3:31 a.m. EDT on a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket from Space Launch Complex-37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. At 5:33 a.m., the mission operations manager reported that the spacecraft was healthy and operating normally.
The mission’s findings will help researchers improve their forecasts of space weather events, which have the potential to damage satellites and harm astronauts on orbit, disrupt radio communications and, at their most severe, overwhelm power grids.
Image credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
Visiting the rocket. NASA Social event coverage for the Parker Solar Probe launch. August 9-12, 2018
Xenon spots illuminate the Delta IV Heavy on the launchpad as the media departs from remote camera setup.
The Vehicle Assembly Building. NASA Social event coverage for the Parker Solar Probe launch. August 9-12, 2018
The Vehicle Assembly Building. NASA Social event coverage for the Parker Solar Probe launch. August 9-12, 2018
The Vehicle Assembly Building. NASA Social event coverage for the Parker Solar Probe launch. August 9-12, 2018
The spacecraft that will finally plant the flag on the biggest and hottest chunk of deep space real estate yet: the SUN.
That's right, no more of this namby-pamby searching out cold frozen little sacks of dust at the outer edge of the solar system--even ESA can do that. Only our spacecraft is MANLY enough to go to the SUN.
From this story about sending a spacecraft to the Sun.
Pieced together from a NASA "artist's conception" image of the spacecraft, an image of a solar prominence, and the flag from the statue of the landing at Iwo Jima.
Visiting the rocket. NASA Social event coverage for the Parker Solar Probe launch. August 9-12, 2018
The Vehicle Assembly Building. NASA Social event coverage for the Parker Solar Probe launch. August 9-12, 2018
The Vehicle Assembly Building. NASA Social event coverage for the Parker Solar Probe launch. August 9-12, 2018
The three RS-68A engines of the Delta IV Heavy burning brightly as Parker Solar Probe travels on its journey to the Sun. The center engine is only running at 55% at this point, allowing the port and starboard cores to do most of the heavy lifting.
A brilliant blue sky serves as a backdrop as the United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy first stage is being lifted to the vertical position at the Mobile Service Tower near Space Launch 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The Delta IV Heavy will launch NASA's upcoming Parker Solar Probe mission in July 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. Photo credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky