Parker Solar Probe

Parker Solar Probe — spacecraft, shown live in Cosmoscope, a real-time 3D map of the universe.

The fastest object humanity has ever built, screaming past the Sun at up to 690,000 km/h and flying through the corona itself — a star, touched.

Launched
12 Aug 2018
Status
Active — repeatedly diving through the Sun’s corona

Seeing Parker Solar Probe in real time

Cosmoscope draws Parker Solar Probe on its real trajectory, from mission ephemeris rather than an artist's impression. Open the live 3D view to see where Parker Solar Probe is right now, how far it has travelled from the Sun, and how long its radio signal takes to reach Earth. Scrub the timeline to replay the route that took it there.

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