1 00:00:01,633 --> 00:00:04,433 (MUSIC) 2 00:00:05,367 --> 00:00:06,433 JOAN CARTAN-HANSEN, HOST: 3 00:00:06,433 --> 00:00:07,800 NO SPACE CRAFT HAS EVER 4 00:00:07,800 --> 00:00:09,066 LANDED ON THE SUN. 5 00:00:09,066 --> 00:00:10,900 IT'S JUST TOO HOT! 6 00:00:10,900 --> 00:00:12,600 BUT THE PARKER SOLAR PROBE WILL 7 00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:14,266 GET PRETTY CLOSE, REACHING THE 8 00:00:14,266 --> 00:00:16,967 SUN'S OUTER EDGE, THE CORONA. 9 00:00:16,967 --> 00:00:18,166 THAT'S WITHIN ABOUT THREE POINT 10 00:00:18,166 --> 00:00:19,633 EIGHT MILLION MILES FROM THE 11 00:00:19,633 --> 00:00:21,000 SUN'S SURFACE. 12 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:22,533 WHILE THE CORONA CAN BE AS HOT 13 00:00:22,533 --> 00:00:24,600 AS A MILLION DEGREES FAHRENHEIT, 14 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:26,367 SOME PARTS ARE COOLER. 15 00:00:26,367 --> 00:00:27,600 SO, THE PROBE WILL ONLY HAVE TO 16 00:00:27,600 --> 00:00:29,000 SURVIVE TEMPERATURES OF ABOUT 25 17 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:31,066 HUNDRED DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. 18 00:00:31,066 --> 00:00:33,000 STILL, THAT'S FOUR TIMES AS HOT 19 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:35,533 AS THE MELTING POINT OF LEAD. 20 00:00:35,533 --> 00:00:37,600 AT ITS CLOSEST APPROACH, THE 21 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:40,000 PROBE WILL TRAVEL 430,000 MILES 22 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:42,700 PER HOUR AROUND THE SUN. 23 00:00:42,700 --> 00:00:44,000 IF YOU COULD TRAVEL THAT FAST ON 24 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:45,500 EARTH, YOU COULD GO FROM 25 00:00:45,500 --> 00:00:47,533 PHILADELPHIA TO WASHINGTON DC IN 26 00:00:47,533 --> 00:00:49,433 ONE SECOND. 27 00:00:49,433 --> 00:00:50,633 CHECK OUT THE SCIENCE TREK 28 00:00:50,633 --> 00:00:52,333 WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION 29 00:00:52,333 --> 00:00:53,700 ABOUT THIS AND ALL OUR SCIENCE 30 00:00:53,700 --> 00:00:54,900 TOPICS FOR KIDS. 31 00:00:54,900 --> 00:00:55,900 YOU'LL FIND IT AT 32 00:00:55,900 --> 00:00:59,000 IDAHOPTV.ORG/SCIENCE TREK 33 00:00:59,433 --> 00:01:02,166 (MUSIC)