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Experience the explosive power of a solar probe launch using the Delta 4 Heavy rocket - the most powerful rocket in the world. NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will be the first-ever mission to "touch" the Sun. The spacecraft, about the size of a small car, will travel directly into the Sun's atmosphere about 4 million miles from the surface. Parker Solar Probe launched aboard a Delta IV-Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral on Aug. 12, 2018, at 3:31 a.m. Eastern time.
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Credit: NASA