{"id":47963,"date":"2018-03-12T14:54:10","date_gmt":"2018-03-12T21:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/?p=47963"},"modified":"2018-04-13T13:36:17","modified_gmt":"2018-04-13T20:36:17","slug":"shatner-join-humanitys-first-mission-to-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/2018\/03\/shatner-join-humanitys-first-mission-to-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Shatner: Join Humanity&#8217;s First Mission To The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new video promoting<em> NASA<\/em>&#8216;s<em> Parker Solar Probe<\/em> mission features the original series&#8217; <strong>William Shatner<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In the video, Shatner asks if you &#8220;wanna join <em>NASA<\/em> on a historic mission to the sun? &#8220;The first-ever spaceship to the sun, <em>NASA<\/em>&#8216;s<em> Parker Solar Probe<\/em> will launch this year on a course to orbit through the heat of our star&#8217;s corona where temperatures are greater than one million degrees.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Parker&#8217;s Solar Probe<\/em> is going to teach us about how the sun works,&#8221; added Shatner, &#8220;and it affects life and technology here on Earth.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A microchip with Shatner&#8217;s name and the &#8220;the names of everyone who wants to join this mission of extreme discovery,&#8221; will accompany the probe, which is the side of a car.<\/p>\n<p>To send your name to the sun, head to the link <a href=\"http:\/\/parkersolarprobe.jhuapl.edu\/The-Mission\/Name-to-Sun\/\">here<\/a> and follow the instructions. 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