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JPL Roles in NASA's Sun-Bound Parker Solar Probe


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NASA's Parker Solar Probe

Illustration of NASA's Parker Solar Probe approaching the Sun.

Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben

The navigation for NASA's Parker Solar Probe is led by the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, which also has a role in two of the spacecraft's four onboard instrument suites. Parker Solar Probe will fly closer to the Sun than any previous spacecraft and through the solar corona itself.

From Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA
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