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is parker solar probe floating in space?

Yes, as of now the Parker Solar Probe is still currently floating in space as the mission is still ongoing. Throughout the years since its first launch, in August 2018, lots of discoveries were made. Some of them are...

1. SOLAR WIND ELECTRONS ALPHAS AND PROTONS INVESTIGATIONS (SWEAP)
   The first ever crossing of what we called the alfven critical surface - the boundary where solar material anchored to the sun first escapes and becomes the solar wind.
   
   

2. WIDE-FIELD IMAGER FOR PARKER SOLAR PROBE (WISPR)
   Our solar system is filled with dust due to the remnants of collisions that formed planets, asteroids, comets and other celestial bodies billions of years ago. The WISPR has helped us in discovering hints of the first ever dust-free zone in a region around the sun.
   
   

This are some of few discoveries that were made ever since the launch of the Parker Solar Probe and there will more to discover throughout it journey to "touch the sun". The expected timeline of Parker Solar Probe is as shown below and its expected final approach should be on 2025.