But don't worry, it's designed to handle the heat.
Another factor makes this perihelion special: There will be a second set of eyes on the sun to provide even more data to scientists., a joint project between NASA and the European Space Agency , will observe the sun at the same time as Parker, but from 58.5 million miles away after Solar Orbiter made a flyby of Venus on Saturday .
"By combining the data from multiple space missions and even ground observatories, we can understand the bigger picture," Raouafi said."In this case, with both Parker and Solar Orbiter observing the sun from different distances, we will be able to study the evolution of the solar wind, gathering data as it passes one spacecraft and then the other."
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