The Parker Solar Probe has launched and is on its way to explore the sun
By November, the car-sized spacecraft should be surfing the sun’s atmosphere and collecting data
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REACH FOR THE SKY The Parker Solar Probe took off from Cape Canaveral in the wee hours of August 12.
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