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Description: The Parker Solar Probe is going to go closer to the sun than any spacecraft has come before. It will take seven years to fly 93 million miles to reach the sun’s corona, its outermost atmosphere. The probe will withstand temperatures up to 2,500º F as it gathers data about how energy and heat travel through the corona and what’s up with solar wind. We meet the engineer whose work on the heat shield will protect the probe from being burnt to a crisp as it makes history. Read more at: n.pr/2voCcLZ ↓↓ Links & Info ↓↓ SUBMIT A QUESTION HERE: npr.org/skunkbear SUBSCRIBE: bit.ly/2dH6fpR TUMBLR: skunkbear.tumblr.com FACEBOOK: facebook.com/nprskunkbear TWITTER: twitter.com/NPRskunkbear Credits: Host: Maddie Sofia Producers: Becky Harlan, Maia Stern Editor: Maia Stern Animator: Marcie LaCerte Supervising Editor: Ben de la Cruz, Nick Michael Managing Editor: Becky Lettenberger Executive Producers: Keith Jenkins, Andrea Kissack Media: Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab, NASA Special Thanks: Joe Palca Copyright © 2018 NPR. All rights reserved. Visit our website terms of use for further information. npr.org/about-npr/179876898/terms-of-use For permission to reuse this video, visit our permissions pages at npr.org npr.org/about-npr/179881519/rights-and-permissions-information