Dr. Eugene Parker is pictured with a model of the Parker Solar Probe on May 31, 2017. “Parker Solar Probe is changing the field of heliophysics,” said Helene Winters, Parker Solar Probe’s project manager from Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory, in a statement. An animation depicts Parker Solar Probe's close pass near the intense heat of the sun. Perfect timing to see an active sunJust over a year after the Parker Solar Probe first launched, the sun entered a new solar cycle. “Give us the strongest event you can do, and the Parker Solar Probe can deal with it.”

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Persons: Eugene Parker, Scott Olson, Parker, “ Parker, ”, Helene Winters, Johns, “, Johns Hopkins, Nour Rawafi, Rawafi, Alex Young, NASA “, ” Young, Young, Sun, ” Rawafi Organizations: CNN, Parker, NASA, Probe, NASA Goddard Space Flight, Scientists, Johns Hopkins, Physics Laboratory, Applied Physics, Heliophysics, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight, National Oceanic, Atmospheric Administration, International Space Station Locations: Tokyo, Washington, DC, American, Greenbelt , Maryland, United States