NASA's Parker Solar Probe eyes history

NASA video explains why the Parker Solar Probe won’t melt as it approaches the sun
This year, we learned that our Neanderthal cousins were a lot like us, despite treading their own path that ended in extinction.
NASA's Parker Solar Probe will reach its closest-ever point to the sun on Christmas Eve
NASA's record-breaking Parker Solar Probe will smash its own personal bests for proximity to the sun and fastest speed by a human-made object when it whizzes past our star on Christmas Eve (Dec. 24).
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe aims to fly closer to the sun like never before
A NASA spacecraft is about to make the closest approach to the sun. The Parker Solar Probe was launched in 2018 to get a close-up look at the sun.
NASA probe to make Christmas Eve trip to sun’s surface: ‘Uncharted territory’
The Parker probe was launched in 2018 as part of NASA’s Living With a Star program with the aim of “touching” the sun. It has circled the sun more than 20 times since to explore the flaming hot, outermost layer, the corona, which can uncover how the sun-earth system affects life and society.
NASA Parker Solar Probe is set to come within 3.8M miles of the sun's surface
The NASA Parker Solar Probe is set to come within 3.8 million miles of the sun's surface on Christmas Eve. The feat will break records for a spacecraft's closest approach to the star. Doctor Joe Westlake from NASA joins Action News on Brighter to tell us more about the mission.
Parker Solar Probe Will Make Closest-Ever Approach To Sun
On December 24, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will make the closest-ever approach to the sun by a spacecraft. Parker has made more than 20 close approaches to the sun before, but this one will swoop in even closer than 3.8 million miles away from the sun’s surface.
NASA's Parker Solar Probe to make history Christmas Eve
SHREVEPORT, La. - A historic day is set to take place Dec. 24. NASA is on a mission to "touch the sun" with their Parker Solar probe.
What time is the NASA Parker Solar Probe's closest sun flyby ever on Christmas Eve?
A NASA spacecraft is about to give astronomers an epic early Christmas present with the closest ever flyby of the sun on Dec. 24, but if you're wondering exactly when the ambitious solar encounter will occur, don't worry. We've got you covered.
Parker Solar Probe to break speed record near the sun
Launched into space in 2018, the Parker Solar Probe is increasingly tightening its orbit around the Sun. The most significant moment of the mission will occur on 24th December 2024. The probe will approach the closest distance to the Sun and accelerate to 193 kilometres per second.
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Dares To Dance With the Sun
NASA's Parker Solar Probe is poised for its closest approach to the Sun on December 24. By December 27, following its perilous journey near the Sun, Parker is expected to transmit data, offering new insights into solar phenomena.
We’re about to fly a spacecraft into the Sun for the first time
Almost no one ever writes about the Parker Solar Probe anymore.
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This is how close NASA's Parker Solar Probe will fly by the sun
The probe is expected to pass within 3.86 million miles of the sun on Dec. 24. The Parker Solar Probe will soon be the closest any human-made object has ever gotten to the sun. The probe ...