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Question 5: NASA's Parker Solar Probe is on a mission to "touch the Sun." The spacecraft is
flying closer to the Sun's surface than any spacecraft before it. Over seven years, the spacecraft
will complete 24 orbits around the Sun. At closest approach, the Parker Solar Probe will speed
around the Sun at approximately 430,000 mph. How much time would it take in seconds for this
spacecraft to travel from Silver Spring, MD to San Francisco, CA? The distance between these
two cities is 2,803 miles. [There are 60 seconds in a minute. There are 60 minutes in an hour.]