The launch of the first-ever spacecraft to the Sun, Parker Solar Probe, has been postponed to Sunday morning. NASA wrote on its Twitter page that the launch was postponed from 3:33 am ET to 4:38 am ET. It later updated that the launch was “scrubbed” and a second attempt will be made on Sunday morning.
This morning’s launch of @NASASun’s #ParkerSolarProbe was scrubbed. Launch teams will attempt to launch on Sunday morning. Get real-time updates: https://t.co/9uczz8fdI8 pic.twitter.com/6GyCioopfa
— NASA (@NASA) August 11, 2018
NASA’s car-sized, $1.5 billion Parker Solar Probe is scheduled to launch on a Delta IV Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, during a 65-minute launch window that opened at 3.33 am EDT (1.33 pm IST).
By coming closer to the Sun than any spacecraft in history, the unmanned probe’s main goal is to unveil the secrets of the corona, the unusual atmosphere around the Sun. “We are going to be in an area that is so exciting, where solar wind — we believe — will be accelerating,” said NASA planetary science division director Jim Green.
LIVE NOW: Join us as we launch our first-ever mission to study the Sun up close! Our Parker #SolarProbe will swoop within 4 million miles of the Sun’s surface, facing heat & radiation like no spacecraft before. Watch the countdown to the 3:53am ET liftoff: https://t.co/MNkanu1yVV
— NASA (@NASA) August 11, 2018
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