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The Parker Solar Probe, designed to study the Sun from close proximity by travelling in a solar orbit, is a mission undertaken by which space agency?

  1. AEuropean Space Agency (ESA)
  2. BRoscosmos
  3. CNASACorrect answer
  4. DChina National Space Administration (CNSA)
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C. NASA

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NASA. The Parker Solar Probe, launched in August 2018 by NASA, studies the Sun up close, reaching ≈690,000 km/h, and uses a carbon-composite heat shield to survive extreme solar temperatures.

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