Since that fiery early morning liftoff with the mission s namesake eugene parker in attendance the probe has made.
Parker solar probe images.
Parker solar probe acquired this image 1st ever photo taken from inside the sun s outer atmosphere or corona on december 8 2018.
But the parker solar probe does not have a camera that images the sun s surface directly and that s where solar orbiter comes in handy.
The wide field imager for solar probe or wispr is aboard nasa s parker solar probe to take images of the solar corona the sun s atmosphere and inner heliosphere.
When the parker solar probe reaches the sun we can expect images of a very different kind.
An artistic rendering of solar orbiter at the sun.
See images of nasa s parker solar probe mission which the agency plans to launch in july 2018.
Nasa s parker solar probe launched a year ago on a mission to touch the sun.
The faint grid pattern near the center of the image is an artifact of the way the image is created.
The bright streak is a coronal streamer.
Basically wispr will take pictures of coronal mass ejections cmes jets and other ejecta from the sun.
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An unprocessed image from the wispr instrument on board nasa s parker solar probe shows comet neowise on july 5 2020 shortly after its closest approach to the sun.
The wispr instrument on nasa s parker solar probe captured imagery of the constant outflow of material from the sun during its close approach to the sun in april 2019.
The sun is out of frame to the left.