NASA has set the date for its historic voyage by sending its first solar contact mission on August 11, coinciding with a partial eclipse of the sun.
NASA said that the spacecraft, "Parker Solar Pro", the size of the car will travel directly to the outer envelope of the sun, to travel 4 million miles to the surface, and thus will become closer to the sun seven times than any spacecraft.
The vehicle, equipped with an innovative thermal shield to protect it from the huge heat of the sun, will send the first close-up information of a star in space when it touches the sun's solar system. The mission is scheduled to last seven years.
The advanced vehicle will rely on measurements and imaging to revolutionize our understanding of the solar system, and how the interactions there affect Earth.
The probe, which will carry the vehicle to the launch complex at Cape Canaveral Air Base on July 30, was moved before the vehicle was placed on the rocket.
The vehicle is to explore the solar halo area when the moon's face intersects with the sun during the eclipse.
The Parker Solar Probe carries a set of tools for studying the sun both remotely and on site.
It is hoped that these data will respond to scientists' questions about solar activities and interactions.
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