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 ...

The probe sent a signal to Earth indicating that it had survived the closest solar encounter ever attempted by a spacecraft.

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NASA's Parker Solar Probe is solving long-standing mysteries about the sun. Here's what we've learned so far Since its launch in 2018, the Parker Solar Probe has helped decode longstanding ...

Over the past six years, Parker Solar Probe has been preparing for this milestone. Since its 2018 launch, the spacecraft completed seven Venus flybys, using the planet's gravity to inch closer to ...

Parker Solar Probe mission operations manager, said in a press release in December. "We're excited to hear back from the spacecraft when it swings back around the Sun." The Parker Solar Probe is ...

27 (UPI) --The Parker Solar Probe has successfully completed a historic ... Science News // 9 hours ago SpaceX set to hold final launch on New Year's Eve after delay Dec. 30 (UPI) -- In what ...

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has successfully completed its record-breaking flyby, coming within just 3.8 million miles (6.1 million kilometers) of the solar surface on Christmas Eve.

A NASA spacecraft has made history by surviving its closest-ever approach to the Sun during the Parker Solar Probe mission, a project over six years in the making. The spacecraft was out of ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe has made history by surviving the closest-ever approach to the Sun. On Christmas Eve, the spacecraft approached within 3.8 million miles of the Sun’s surface—the closest any ...