Three years after its launch, the Parker Solar Probe made its first passage through the sun's upper atmosphere. In 2018, we got a behind-the-scenes look at how NASA engineers built the probe to survive the tremendously hot journey. | NPR

A mission 60 years in the making, Parker #SolarProbe will make a historic journey to the Sun’s corona. Discover how a recently-installed heat shield will keep our spacecraft and its instruments at a relatively comfortable temperature of approximately 85 degrees Fahrenheit: https://go.nasa.gov/2Kz4xd5 | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Here it is! The Parker Solar Probe! This orbiter will launch in summer 2018 and it will probe the outer corona of the sun. This will be humanity’s first “touch” of the sun #parkersolarprobe #sun #space | Space.com