Parker Solar Probe 2025 Mission. If all goes according to plan, the parker solar probe will zoom close to the sun 24 times between 2018 and 2025, gathering a variety of data about the sun's structure and. The spacecraft, about the size of a small car, will travel directly into the sun’s atmosphere.
The nominal end of mission for parker solar probe is 2025, so the orbit fades away after that year. The parker solar probe is designed to orbit the sun, making numerous close approaches, in order to trace the flow of energy, study the heating of the solar corona, and.