Parker Solar Probe
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Channel: Michigan Engineering · 2017 · Science & Technology
In late summer 2018, NASA will launch the Parker Solar Probe, a mission to touch the sun. Parker Solar Probe will travel closer to the sun than any spacecraft in human history – just 3.9 million miles from the surface. The probe’s mission is to trace how energy and heat move through the sun’s outer atmosphere – the corona. It will also explore what accelerates the solar wind, and solar energetic particles. This data will help researchers to better predict the solar events that cause satellite, communications, and electrical grid disruptions. ABOUT THE PROFESSOR: Justin Kasper is an Associate Professor with the Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering department at Michigan. His research interests include: heating, instabilities, and helium in the solar corona and solar wind as well as the impact of space weather on society and our ability to generate early warnings using monitors in deep space. An additional focus of his is the nature of the water moon Europa and its interaction with Jupiter.
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