Solar spacecraft: two missions to the sun - Science Weekly podcast
by Presented by Nicola Davis and produced by Max Sand from on (#2SJAE)
Nicola Davis speaks with two scientists about their respective missions to the sun - what burning questions do they hope to answer? And what are some of the obstacles?
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On 31 May, Nasa announced that its hotly anticipated solar probe mission was to be renamed in honour of astrophysicist professor Eugene Parker. A world first - no living person has ever had the honour of having a Nasa mission named after them - the gesture honoured Parker's breakthrough work on high-speed solar wind. But what is solar wind? What are spacecraft like Nasa's Parker Solar Probe (PSP) hoping to find out? And what are some of the challenges ahead?
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