The Parker solar probe developed a speed of 532,000 km / h. This is a record

The Parker Solar Probe is NASA's robotic spacecraft to study the outer corona of the Sun.

It is expected that he will approach“surface” of the Sun at a distance of 8.86 solar radii. The probe is named after the American astrophysicist Eugene Parker, who predicted the existence of the solar wind in 1958.

The design provides for the useheat shield made of carbon composite material. It reflects the energy of the star and keeps the device temperature stable. The probe uses a suite of onboard instruments to study high-energy particles in a star's atmosphere - the solar wind.

The spacecraft circled Venus several times,to harness the planet's gravity and get closer to the Sun. During this last approach, the probe came within 10.4 million km of the Sun's surface. The previous maximum took place on January 17 and was 13.5 million km. This week Parker Solar Probe accelerated 

The Parker Solar Probe has now completed its eighthcircle the Sun, and he was able to take it closer and to higher speeds than any object ever created by mankind 532,000 km/h, becoming the fastest object ever created.

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