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Can the Parker solar probe shed light on the Sun?

Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

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The Parker Solar Probe Is an Autonomous Spacecraft

The Parker Solar Probe is so far away that nobody on earth can drive it in real time. It would take too long for the signals to get back and forth. They call it one of the most autonomous spacecraft ever flown. The instruments have to be kept at like 30 Celsius or they'll get fried.

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