NASA is about to 'touch' a star for the first time — here are the hellish conditions the Parker Solar Probe must survive

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By Dave MosherAug 9, 2018, 5:30 pm122 pts
NASA's Parker Solar Probe is scheduled to launch Saturday, August 11 around 3:33 a.m. EDT. To "touch" the sun and study its weather, the $1.5-billion mission must survive hellish conditions. Temperatures will reach a searing 2,500 degrees when the spacecraft zooms through the star's atmosphere at 430,000 mph.…

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