The Team That "Touched the Sun" | NASA's Parker Solar Probe Mission | JHUAPL

The Team That "Touched the Sun" | NASA's Parker Solar Probe Mission | JHUAPL

"Decades of dedication. Years of innovation. One historic moment." The Parker Solar Probe’s record-breaking closest approach to the Sun on December 24, 2024, was more than just a milestone for the team who built the spacecraft. "It was the culmination of a bold vision, relentless ingenuity and dedication to advancing humanity’s understanding of our closest star."

Hear from the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) team that dared to "touch the Sun" as they reflect on the work that made the mission possible and enabled groundbreaking discoveries that will advance solar science. 

Learn more about the Parker Solar Probe: https://parkersolarprobe.jhuapl.edu/

Read more about its close Sun approach: 

https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/heliophysics/nasas-parker-solar-probe-makes-history-with-closest-pass-to-sun/

NASA's Parker Solar Probe Mission
https://science.nasa.gov/mission/parker-solar-probe/

Video Credit: Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (JHUAPL)

Duration: 3 minutes, 39 seconds
Release Date: Jan. 2, 2025

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