Sun ID: 12867

Why Won't it Melt? How NASA's Solar Probe will Survive the Sun

Released on July 19, 2018

NASA's Parker Solar Probe is heading to the Sun. Why won't the spacecraft melt? Thermal engineer Betsy Congdon (Johns Hopkins APL) outlines why Parker can take the heat.

Credits

Genna Duberstein (USRA): Lead Producer
Genna Duberstein (USRA): Lead Editor
Rob Andreoli (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.): Lead Videographer
Betsy Congdon (Johns Hopkins University/APL): Lead Engineer
Ryan Fitzgibbons (USRA): Narrator
Genna Duberstein (USRA): Writer
Steve Gribben (Johns Hopkins University/APL ): Animator
Brian Monroe (USRA): Animator
Josh Masters (USRA): Animator
Michael Lentz (USRA): Animator
Genna Duberstein (USRA): Animator
Mary P. Hrybyk-Keith (TRAX International): Illustrator

Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center