Parker Solar Probe

2013–2020: New Spacefaring Nations and Sample Return

Parker Solar Probe

First mission to fly through the solar corona.

Era 5 of 6 · full record in the catalog

Launch
year known only: 2018
Lead / partner
United States
Target
Sun
Category
Solar observatory
Status
Success
Vehicle
unknown
Mass
unknown
Orbit / trajectory
unknown

Why it happened

Parker Solar Probe flew during 2013–2020: New Spacefaring Nations and Sample Return, as part of United States's work toward sun. A sourced write-up of the context around this mission is still on the editorial queue; nothing here is invented to fill the gap.

The mission

The full narrative of this mission is pending research and writing. What is recorded so far: First mission to fly through the solar corona.

Results

First mission to fly through the solar corona.

Related missions

Parker Solar … Solar Orbiter — same_target Solar Orbiter IRIS — same_program IRIS Aditya-L1 — same_program Aditya-L1 BepiColombo — competitor BepiColombo

IRIS

Success

United States · 2013

Sources & image credits

  • Image credit: NASA · license: public-domain (source, checked 2026-08-22)
  • Mission record: AntarikshPedia canonical dataset (data-sources/missions_timeline.md)
  • Specifications reference: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog