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NASA's Parker Solar Probe scheduled to

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launch in summer of 2018 is the first

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mission to touch the Sun built by the

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Johns Hopkins Applied Physics lab in

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Laurel Maryland the spacecraft completed

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the first part of its environmental

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testing in early November we're just

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getting ready to pack up our whole show

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and take it over to Goddard Space Flight

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Center over there they have giant

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acoustic chambers and also a very large

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thermal vacuum chamber that we'll use to

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do the rest of our environmental testing

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even though it's only about a 20 mile

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trip it still takes lots of planning

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procedures and teamwork to actually make

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it happen

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the moving team includes many different

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people working together from engineers

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and technicians to safety and mission

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assurance experts we serve as an extra

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pair of eyes and ears for the people

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working on the spacecraft we keep

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watching for everything that could cause

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an issue when it's time to move the

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spacecraft we first wrap it inside a

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special bag to protect it from

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contamination by dust dirt and other

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unwanted elements after wrapping it the

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spacecraft goes into the bottom of its

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protective container where we attach it

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to a special pedestal with high strength

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bolts at this height there we have a

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problem we can't put the lid on and even

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if we could they won't fit under the

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highway bridges for the drive to Goddard

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that's why we have the special pedestal

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it lets us rotate the spacecraft to a

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horizontal position and then we can

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close the container now the container is

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moved to the loading dock where it will

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be put on a truck that will transport it

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to Goddard the container loaded with

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Parker Solar Probe weighs about 14,000

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pounds to lift it on to the truck we use

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a heavy duty crane

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to keep Parker Solar Probe safe inside

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the container the team performs a

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nitrogen purge all the air from inside

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the container is removed by slowly

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forcing nitrogen inside

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after the purge is complete we parked

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the truck in the loading dock and wait

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for moving time at 4:00 in the morning

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to avoid traffic the truck with maryland

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state police escort leaves APL for the

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20-mile trip to goddard once we're at

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Goddard after a smooth and safe journey

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the spacecraft is taken off the truck

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then taken out of the container and

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brought into a clean room for the next

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phase of testing

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at Goddard Parker Solar Probe will

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undergo acoustic testing thermal and

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vacuum testing and other grueling

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simulations all to make sure it's ready

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for its historic mission to touch the

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Sun

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