CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—A U.S. spacecraft set to launch next year will make a series of unprecedented dives into the sun’s scorching atmosphere to see how the star works and what can be done to better predict space weather events on Earth, scientists said on Wednesday.
The Parker Solar Probe will have to survive temperatures as high as 2,500 Fahrenheit, impacts by supersonic particles and powerful radiation as it circles as close as 4 million miles to the sun.
