Parker Solar Probe, Delta IV Heavy Countdown Poll
927 views · Published 12 August 2018 · 1:00 · Indexed 12 November 2026
Channel: NASA's Kennedy Space Center · 2018 · Science & Technology
In the launch control at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, NASA and contractor managers and engineers monitor progress in the countdown to launch NASA's Parker Solar Probe. The poll is designed to verify that all is ready for liftoff. The spacecraft will perform the closest-ever observations of a star when it travels through the Sun's atmosphere, called the corona. Liftoff is scheduled to lift off at 3:31 a.m. EDT on Aug. 12, 2018.
