The solar array cooling system for the Parker Solar Probe spacecraft — one element of which is the large, square black radiator visible at center, one of two that will be installed — is shown undergoing thermal testing at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, in late February. Credit: NASA/JHUAPL
As NASA’s Parker Solar Probe spacecraft begins its first historic encounter with the sun’s corona in late 2018 – flying closer to our star than any other mission in history – a revolutionary cooling system will keep its solar arrays at peak performance, even in extremely hostile conditions...
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