In case you missed it, yesterday we launched our mission to “touch” the Sun! Throughout its seven-year mission, our Parker #SolarProbe spacecraft will swoop through the Sun’s atmosphere 24 times, getting closer than any spacecraft has gone before. Learn more about this mission to fly directly through the Sun’s corona: www.nasa.gov/parker | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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Did you see it from your house? The first NASA mission to ‘touch’ our sun is underway after a dramatic early morning launch. The Parker Solar Probe is now racing through space on a path that will eventually bring it within 4 million miles of the sun’s surface. MORE: https://bit.ly/2P3I9an | FOX 13 News - Tampa Bay

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