where is the parker solar probe travelling to
Parker Solar Probe Parker Solar Probe (previously Solar Probe, Solar Probe Plus, or Solar Probe+) is a planned NASA robotic spacecraft to probe the outer corona of the Sun.[3][4] It will approach to within 8.5 solar radii (5.9 million kilometers or 3.67 million miles) to the 'surface' (photosphere) of the Sun.[5] The project was announced as a new mission start in the fiscal 2009 budget year. On May 1, 2008 Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory announced it will design and build the spacecraft, on a schedule to launch it in 2015.[6] The launch date has since been pushed back to 2018.[7] A Delta IV Heavy launch vehicle will enable the mission to become the fastest spacecraft to date.[2][8][9] On May 31, 2017 the probe was renamed after solar astrophysicist Eugene Parker.[3][10] This was the first time a NASA spacecraft was named after a living person.[11]