ooli3@sopuli.xyz to Space@beehaw.org · 20 days agoA NASA spacecraft is piercing the sun's scorching atmosphere right nowmashable.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up130arrow-down10
arrow-up130arrow-down1external-linkA NASA spacecraft is piercing the sun's scorching atmosphere right nowmashable.comooli3@sopuli.xyz to Space@beehaw.org · 20 days agomessage-square3fedilink
minus-squaresem@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·20 days agoI’m curious how I got it into that orbit. If I remember correctly, it takes a lot of fuel to get close to the Sun.
minus-squareLastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·20 days agoIt took a long time and a lot of gravitational assists, mostly around Venus, to get to its current orbit. https://www.universetoday.com/articles/nasas-parker-solar-probe-makes-its-record-breaking-closest-approach-to-the-sun
I’m curious how I got it into that orbit. If I remember correctly, it takes a lot of fuel to get close to the Sun.
It took a long time and a lot of gravitational assists, mostly around Venus, to get to its current orbit.
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/nasas-parker-solar-probe-makes-its-record-breaking-closest-approach-to-the-sun