How the Parker probe was built to survive close encounters with the sun
The tech bound for the sun’s atmosphere had to be tested for heat, rattle and cold
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HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT The Parker Solar Probe, shown in this artist’s illustration, is about to go where no spacecraft has gone before: the sun. To make sure the probe can survive a dip in the solar atmosphere, engineers had to get creative in testing the technology.
APL, NASA GSFC