Revolutionary sun visit: Raum probe flies closer than ever!

Revolutionary sun visit: Raum probe flies closer than ever!

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Maryland, USA - NASA received a positive response from the "Parker Solar ProB" on December 27, a spacecraft that reached the sunny point of her mission on December 24, 2024, in time for Christmas. This historical circulation brought the probe closer to the sun surface with a distance of only 6.1 million kilometers than ever a man -made object. The signal entrance in the "Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory" in Maryland received the sign of the probe after 48 hours of waiting. This trip requires absolute precision, because during the flight the heat shield of 11.4 centimeters thickness that protects the probe could be easily shifted, which could result in catastrophic consequences for the instruments, as Volker Bothmer from the University of Göttingen explains.

The "Parker Solar ProB" flies at a breathtaking speed of around 690,000 kilometers per hour and resists temperatures of around 1,000 degrees Celsius. This alone makes it the fastest man -made probe in history. The data collected, which is expected at the end of January 2025, could provide basic knowledge about the sun corona and the mechanisms behind the sun wind. Researchers hope for answers to questions relating to the mysterious stamp of the solar atmosphere and the formation of solar storms. Colloquially said: The scientists are excited to see which "Christmas gifts" the sun has with its nutrients and radiation, since they go into never -ending areas of the sun corona, as Plattfprmj.ch reported.

important scientific discoveries are expected

The "Parker Solar ProB" is not the first probe probe of humanity, but its mission is unique. It offers the possibility of gaining information from previously unexplored regions of the sun. To make the comparison: While the earth is an average of 150 million kilometers from the sun, the probe now reaches the birth regions of the Sonnenwind - a real sensation. Unlike the "Helios" missions of the 1970s, which remained at 45 million kilometers, the "Parker Solar sample" brings painfully close to the limits of human knowledge. The adventure of space travel is continued by this brave mission, and the first data could bribe us in the future, according to Volker Bothmer, who is part of the team, has developed the decisive technical concepts of the probe.