As it flew through the meteor shower, Parker was bombarded by dust grains…
I started to wonder how damaging this might be for a spacecraft, and then I was reminded that this is the little probe that flew through the sun (and will do so multiple times again). Granted, radiation shielding and collision shielding aren’t necessarily the same thing, but, still, what an impressive little tank!
I started to wonder how damaging this might be for a spacecraft, and then I was reminded that this is the little probe that flew through the sun (and will do so multiple times again). Granted, radiation shielding and collision shielding aren’t necessarily the same thing, but, still, what an impressive little tank!