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\nNASA's Parker Solar Probe is heading to the Sun. Why won't the spacecraft melt? Thermal Protection System Engineer Betsy Congdon (Johns Hopkins APL) outlines why Parker can take the heat. Music credit: Cheeky Chappy [Main Track] by Jimmy...\nNASA's Parker Solar Probe is heading to the Sun. Why won't the spacecraft melt?

Thermal Protection System Engineer Betsy Congdon (Johns Hopkins APL) outlines why Parker can take the heat.

Music credit: Cheeky Chappy [Main Track] by Jimmy Kaleth, Ross Andrew McLean

Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Genna Duberstein (USRA): Lead Producer/Lead Editor
Rob Andreoli (AIMM): Lead Videographer
Betsy Congdon (Johns Hopkins University/APL): Lead Engineer
Ryan Fitzgibbons (USRA): Narrator
Genna Duberstein (USRA): Writer
Steve Gribben (Johns Hopkins University/APL ): Animator
Brian Monroe (USRA): Animator
Josh Masters (USRA): Animator
Michael Lentz (USRA): Animator
Genna Duberstein (USRA): Animator
Mary P. Hrybyk-Keith (TRAX International Corporation): Illustrator\n
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2018
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heat, solar cells, degrees fahrenheit, carbon, plasma, temperature, solar wind
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melting, sun, space weather, heliophysics, corona, solar probe plus, genna duberstein, parker solar probe, parker, heat shield, cooling system, autonomy software, johns hopkins apl, solar probe, back, couple, layer, spacecraft, cool, explore, made, radiators, body, read, hand, oven
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