Pioneering Solar Scientist Eugene Parker Gets His Day in the Sun

Friday, August 10, 2018 - 10:20 in Astronomy & Space

NASA's Parker Solar Probe, set to launch this weekend, is the first spacecraft ever named after someone still living: Eugene Parker, the groundbreaking sun scientist whose theories redefined how we understand our nearest star.

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