NASA probe flies though Sun's corona! 1st spacecraft to do so

The Parker Solar Probe has flown through "solar material still bound to the Sun, " according NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. It was the first time a spacecraft has ever flown through the Sun's corona.

Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

Scientists:
Nour Raouafi (Johns Hopkins University/APL)
Justin Kasper (University of Michigan)
Stuart Bale (University of California, Berkeley)
Kelly Korreck (Johns Hopkins University/APL)
Adam Szabo (NASA/GSFC)

Producer: Joy Ng (KBRwyle)
Writer: Mara Johnson-Groh (Wyle Information Systems)
Data Visualizer: Tom Bridgman (GST)

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Ben Smith (Johns Hopkins APL)