NASA Spacecraft Rockets Toward Sun For Closest Look Yet

Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – NASA has launched a spacecraft to the sun that will fly closer to our star than anything ever sent before.
The Parker Solar Probe rocketed away from Cape Canaveral, Florida, early Sunday. It’s on an unprecedented quest that will take it straight through the wispy edges of the corona, or outer solar atmosphere, just 3.8 million (6 million kilometers) from the sun’s surface.
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