The spacecraft is traveling at a breakneck speed of almost 500,000 kilometers per hour that is 320,000mph. The plan is to go in and out quickly, with a suite of sensors deployed from behind a large heat shield to measure the solar environment.
According to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the latest achievement is a huge step forward for the Parker Solar Probe and a giant leap forward for solar science. Touching the very stuff the Sun is made of will help scientists uncover crucial knowledge about our closest star and its influence on the solar system, just as landing on the Moon allowed scientists to understand how it was formed.