Parker solar probe ..

Prof. Eugene Parker watching the probe going into space ..

University of Chicago Prof. Emeritus Eugene Parker at 91 years becomes the first human in history to watch a space craft in his/her name launched during his/her lifetime.

The objective of the Parker solar probe is to check Parker's theories of the corona around the sun and the solar wind.

The probe will fly into the corona within 4 million kilometres of the sun and will be subject to temperatures, close to a million degrees C.. 

Click here for the NASA video on the Parker Solar Probe ..

In the pic Prof. Parker watches the probe going up on a Delta rocket from Cape Canaveral on Sunday 12 August '18.

george ..