The revolutionary technologies that power and cool the Parker Solar Probe

Tuesday, June 27, 2017 - 05:02 in Astronomy & Space

As NASA's Parker Solar Probe spacecraft begins its first historic encounter with the sun's corona in late 2018—flying closer to our star than any other mission in history—a revolutionary cooling system will keep its solar arrays at peak performance, even in extremely hostile conditions.

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