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There are many missions to research the sun. In 1976, the Helios 2 spacecraft came as close as 43m km from the sun’s atmosphere. But the $1.5 billion Parker probe will trip just 6m km above the solar surface – some ninefold closer than any spacecraft has ever gone before. this can open a replacement era of understanding as, for the primary time, sensors are going to be able to detect and analyse phenomena as they occur within the sun.

The most extreme weather of all rarely gets a mention, even within the UK where we’re famous for our weather talk. Far above our heads the planet is often hit by colossal, tsunami-like waves of scorching gas and savage, supersonic winds from space.

The culprit for this extra-terrestrial weather is sat at the centre of our system. The familiar pictures of our Sun that portray an understandable, incandescent orb, serenely holding the planets in situ, couldn’t be farther from the reality. The Sun could be a rowdy place.

One of the foremost spectacular sorts of space weather are Coronal Mass Ejections, where the Sun sporadically throws out billions of tonnes of hot gas and force field into space.

The Sun also generates its own wind, which ranges from “breezes” to “hurricanes”. It’s all on a far bigger scale though – even average solar winds are rather more ferocious than anything we could ever experience, with speeds varying between a mild 500,000 miles per hour to a gusty 2,000,000 mph

TO ANALYZE THE SPACE WEATHER

Solar wind disturbances shake the Earth's magnetic field and pump energy into the radiation belt. Regions of the sun's surface often light up, emitting ultraviolet light and X-rays that heat Earth's upper atmosphere. This "space weather" can alter the orbits of satellites and shorten the life of missions. Excess radiation can physically damage satellites and pose a threat to astronauts. The shaking of the earth's magnetic field can also cause current surges in power lines, destroy devices, and interrupt current over large areas. As we depend more and more on satellites in space, we will increasingly feel the effects of space weather and need to predict it. The study of solar winds will make our satellites and other equipments more sustainable in the future.

THE SUN AS A STAR

The sun also plays an important role in helping us understand the rest of the astronomical universe. It is the only star close enough to us to reveal details of its surface. Without the Sun, we could not easily assume that other stars also have sunspots and hot outer atmospheres. The sun is the key to understanding other stars. We know the age, radius, mass and brightness (brightness) of the sun, and we have received detailed information about its interior and atmosphere. This information is critical to our understanding of other stars and their development. Many physical processes taking place elsewhere in the universe can be studied in detail in the sun. Thus, solar astronomy teaches us a lot about stars, planetary systems, galaxies, and the universe itself

CLIMATIC CONDITIONS

The sun is a source of light and heat for life on earth. Our ancestors realized that their lives depended on the sun and they honored it in awe. We still recognize the importance of the sun and find it impressive. In addition, we try to understand how it works, why it is changing and how these changes affect us here on planet earth. The sun was much darker in its youth, and yet the earth was not frozen. The quantity and quality of sunlight varies on timescales from milliseconds to billions of years. During recent sunspot cycles, total solar radiation has changed by about 0.1%, with the sun being brightest at sunspot maximum. Some of these variations will surely affect our climate, but in an unsafe way.

There have been many missions to the Sun which have helped mankind in many ways. Some of the most important them have been listed below:-

FUTURE MISSIONS TO THE SUN.

NASA's parker solar probe will be a great source of learning and development not only for future missions to the sun but also for any other space mission also.

Till 12 aug 2018 we were not having much details or knowledge about the sun about the cons of solar wind coming from it and also about it's radiation. We live in the Sun's atmosphere and this mission will help scientists better understand the Sun's impact on Earth.

Data from Parker will be key to understanding and, perhaps, forecasting space weather. Space weather can change the orbits of satellites, shorten their lifetimes, or interfere with onboard electronics.

The Parker solar probe will orbit the Sun far more closer than any human-made probe, spacecraft or satellite. This will provide us far more clear explanation of the activities that are going inside the sun and how it impacts our earth, satellites and astronauts.

Parker probe will enhance quality of future missions in the space by studying the harmful rays coming from Sun and helping us to make more sustainable and efficient spacecrafts, satellites and protecting our astronauts.

WHAT CAN WE EXPECT FROM FUTURE SPACE MISSIONS?

Parker solar probe will fly very close to the sun which will help us to gain better understanding of solar winds, radiations and how they affect our astronauts and spacecrafts. This will ultimately lead to a better technology which will make our spacecrafts, astronauts more safe in the space.

Due to the Parker solar probe the future space missions will be :-

1. More sustainable-

2. More technology efficient-

3. More informative-

4. Faster than today's space missions-

5. More clear in minute observations-