Can Nasa Reach Sun?

The Sun, the heart and the soul of our solar system, is the hottest and the brightest star.It is quite often referred to as the ball of gases as it is composed of a combination of various gases with helium in high composition.

A human trying to even stand in the summer day, out in the sun can suffer dehydration and heat strokes. Till this 21st century, not a single person has reached this glaring star. Several major projects by NASA have terribly failed in their efforts to reach this hot ball of gases.

But, the most stupefying fact found by the astronauts is that we can stand very close near the sun (94 yards approximately, a football field), in spite of its hotness.

The most inspirational fact being, the boss agency of the aerospace research has never taken a step back in this process. It has always focused its gaze on this mission. This time the agency has sent a human-made object which is the first to reach closest to the sun. NASA's Parker Solar Probeis a missionary satellite sent to touch the sun. This is through a quite special act!

The astronauts have spent several years, approx. 8 yrs in the creation of this super solar satellite. Some of the most amazing features, why this aircraft will not breakdown (i.e. melt), in spite of the sun’s heat are-

1. It has a heat shield whose front and back is made of carbon - carbon plates. Its inner core is made of carbon foam. This shield keeps the solar probe heat protected from the super hot corona layer. The temperature here is nearly 10 lac degrees Celsius.

2. This is a robotic satellite. It is quite intelligent in making its way in the right direction.

3. It is equipped with a coolant. The water warms up due to the enormous external temperature. But the water immediately cools the radiators which maintain a moderate temperature inside this vessel.

Another special feature is that this is the first space vessel named after an alive person. The name is taken from a Chicago scientist/professor Emeritus Eugene Parker, for his great works in the field of facts about stars (Sun).

The aircraft will revolve in the gravitational field of the Venus for an initial 85 days. After that, the vessel will revolve around the sun for almost 7 years.

Do you know, it requires 55 times more power to reach the Sun than Mars.

This is the historic mission launched by NASA. The first ever satellite to see the sun from this close.