CURRENT AFFAIRS

2017

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which probe does the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) planned to launch in 2018?
A
Surveyor program
B
Mariner Program
C
Landsat program
D
Parker Solar Probe
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Parker Solar Probe launched aboard a Delta IV-Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral, Aug. 12, 2018 at 3:31 a.m. EDT.

Detailed explanation-2: -NASA’s Parker Solar Probe launched on Aug. 12, 2018 aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket.

Detailed explanation-3: -Parker Solar Probe provides a statistical survey of the outer corona. Parker Solar Probe has three detailed science objectives: Trace the flow of energy that heats and accelerates the solar corona and solar wind. Determine the structure and dynamics of the plasma and magnetic fields at the sources of the solar wind.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Parker Solar Probe (PSP; previously Solar Probe, Solar Probe Plus or Solar Probe+) is a NASA space probe launched in 2018 with the mission of making observations of the outer corona of the Sun.

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