Cape Canaveral SFS, SLC-37B (Florida, United States)
Launch date:
12 August 2018 at 07:31:00 UTC
Status:
Success
Launch description
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket launched the Parker Solar Probe mission on Sunday, August 12, 2018 at 7:31 AM (UTC).
Missions
Parker Solar Probe:
Recent technological innovations will help the Parker Solar Probe approach the Sun closer than any other spacecraft in human history. It will come within about 3.8 million miles of the Sun, breaking the record of the Helios-B spacecraft which achieved a closest approach of only about 26 million miles in 1976.