Cutting-edge heat shield installed on NASA's Parker Solar Probe
Friday, July 6, 2018 - 08:31
in Astronomy & Space
The launch of Parker Solar Probe, the mission that will get closer to the Sun than any human-made object has ever gone, is quickly approaching, and on June 27, 2018, Parker Solar Probe's heat shield—called the Thermal Protection System, or TPS—was installed on the spacecraft.