<p>The Parker Solar Probe is on its way to study our sun, as New Horizons is exploring what is at the outmost reaches of its influence on the solar system.</p>
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<h4>Links and Show Notes</h4>  <h5><a href="https://www.relay.fm/membership" target="_blank">📡 Become a Relay FM Member! 📡</a></h5> <h5><a href="https://spacenews.com/nasa-assigns-astronauts-to-first-commercial-crew-missions/" target="_blank">NASA assigns astronauts to first commercial crew missions - SpaceNews.com</a></h5> <h5><a href="http://www.astronomy.com/news/2018/08/free-range-planet" target="_blank">Astronomers discover a nearby free-range planet with incredible magnetism | Astronomy.com</a></h5> <h5><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/parker-solar-probe" target="_blank">Parker Solar Probe | NASA</a></h5> <h5><a href="http://parkersolarprobe.jhuapl.edu/" target="_blank">Parker Solar Probe</a></h5> <h5><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/10/17675268/nasa-parker-solar-probe-united-launch-alliance-delta-iv-launch-watch-live" target="_blank">NASA successfully launched a spacecraft that will study the Sun’s atmosphere - The Verge</a></h5> <h5><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/10/science/eugene-parker-solar-wind-nasa-probe.html" target="_blank">NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Is Named for Him. 60 Years Ago, No One Believed His Ideas About the Sun. - The New York Times</a></h5> <h5><a href="https://www.relay.fm/liftoff/6" target="_blank">Liftoff #6: The Sun - Relay FM</a></h5>

79: The Final Bridge to Crewed Flight

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