We feel the weight of responsibility of this mission – this is Dr. Parker’s life’s work and it has culminated in this single mission, this rocket, in the span of just a few minutes, less than an hour, will send the spacecraft on its mission out to the Sun to literally fly through the corona – an absolutely amazing technological feat. WEIRD SOLAR SCIENCE : HOW NASA'S PARKER PROBE WILL DIVE THROUGH THE SUN'S ATMOSPHERE.