NASA’s Parker probe rings back home

NASA’s Parker probe rings back home after historic sun flyby at 430,000 mph
The Parker Solar Probe broke its record by flying closer to the sun than ever before, reaching a distance of just 3.8 million miles (6.1 million km) from its surface. During this encounter, the probe achieved a record-breaking speed of 430,000 miles per hour, making it the fastest human-made object in history.
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe survived its closest approach to the sun
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe skimmed the sun on Christmas Eve and lived to tell the tale. The heat-hardened spacecraft made its closest solar flyby yet at 6:53 a.m. EST on December 24. It came within 6.1 million kilometers of the surface of the sun, beating its own 2023 record of 7.26 million kilometers.
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe to fly through sun’s corona
NASA scientists launched the Parker Solar Probe on what they call “a mission to touch the sun.” Since then, the spacecraft has looped around our star 21 times, with the research team nudging the craft’s orbit ever closer to the solar surface.
NASA solar probe to traverse "uncharted territory" in closest-ever pass of Sun
NASA's pioneering Parker Solar Probe is poised to make its closest-ever approach of the Sun on Christmas Eve, a record-setting 3.8 million miles from the surface.
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe survives close encounter with sun
The probe accelerated to 430,000 mph, faster than any spacecraft has ever flown, traveling to within 3.8 million miles of the star’s surface.
Nasa’s Parker probe phones home after ‘touching Sun’ in historic mission
Nasa did not have contact with the spacecraft during the historic feat as it endured temperatures of up to 982 degrees Celsius.
NASA probe beams home update after record-breaking flyby of sun
NASA said scientists began receiving more detailed telemetry — or "housekeeping data" — from the spacecraft on New Year's Day.
NASA's Parker Solar Probe beams home 1st detailed update after record-breaking approach to the sun
NASA's Parker Solar Probe added to the festive cheer by sending home its first detailed telemetry data soon after its record-breaking closest-ever approach to the sun.
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Parker Solar Probe: First spacecraft to 'touch' the sun
NASA's Parker Solar Probe launched on Aug. 12, 2018, aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket. The Parker Solar Probe's mission is to study the sun in unprecedented detail.
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History-making probe achieves closest-ever approach to the sun
said Parker Solar Probe project scientist Nour Rawafi. The spacecraft is equipped with a carbon foam shield that is 4.5 ...
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The Fastest Spacecraft Ever Heads for Its Close-Up With the Sun
The mission was greenlit and eventually named after Eugene Parker, the solar physicist who predicted the existence of the solar wind in the 1950s and lived to see the launch of his namesake ...
Nasa craft set for daring 1,300C Christmas Eve descent to Sun in ‘closest approach’ ever to solve baffling space mystery
A NASA spacecraft is getting ready for a record-setting “closest-ever flight” to the Sun on Christmas Eve. The Parker Solar ...
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe
Parker Solar Probe, AFP Photo/NASA/Johns Hopkins APL Speed: up to about 692,000 km/h on its final orbits Length: 3 m Weight: 685 kg at launch for solar probe to take The Barron's news ...