To do this they will have the fastest device created by man.
Next Tuesday, December 24 NASA will try to get much closer to the Sun than has ever been achieved. The objective is to study the origin of the solar wind, which is the flow of particles with positive electrical charges (ions) and negative charges (electrons), expelled from the outermost layer of the Sun, called solar crown.
The heliophysics and science of the project, Teresa Nieves-Chinchilla told the Telemundo news channel how the approach of the Parker solar probe to the Sun will develop. This is the object created by the fastest man in historysince it moves more than 692 thousand kilometers per hour.
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NASA: what the mission to the Sun will be like
The approach will be made in the maximum solar periodthat is, the phase of greatest activity of the Sun. The probe will approach just over 3.8 billion miles of the star and its heat shield will face more than one million degrees Fahrenheitwhich would be equivalent to more than 555,500 degrees Celsius. But with the shield the ship will be able to remain at room temperature, specifically, at 29°C.
Dr. Nieves-Chinchilla explained that with this project, NASA seeks to study and better understand the layers of the solar atmospherehow their temperatures, densities and magnetic fields change. “The satellites that help us communicate or use GPS when we want to move are always exposed to radiation. “So by studying solar activity we protect technology and make our lives more normal and that there are no altercations,” said the scientist.
Source: Ambito
