Parker Solar Probe Changed the Game Before it Even Launched

Thursday, October 4, 2018 - 11:20 in Astronomy & Space

Portal origin URL: Parker Solar Probe Changed the Game Before it Even LaunchedPortal origin nid: 433676Published: Thursday, October 4, 2018 - 11:21Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: On Oct. 3, Parker Solar Probe performed a Venus gravity assist that drew its orbit closer to the star by 4 million miles. But if you'd asked anyone before 2007, Venus would not have come up as the key to the mission puzzle.Portal image: illustration/animation of Parker Solar Probe and VenusScience Categories: Sun

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