The mission’s close-up with the sun is the culmination of a dream that dates to the dawn of the space age, but progress was ...

NASA's record-setting spacecraft was just 3.8 million miles from the sun's surface—the closest any human-made object has ever ...

The spacecraft flew within 3.8 million miles (6.1 million kilometers) of the solar surface to "touch the sun" on Christmas ...

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 ...

NASA has confirmed that a spacecraft has made the closest approach to the sun. Earlier this week, the Parker Solar Probe ...

The Parker Solar Probe passed within just 3.8 million miles of the sun’s surface — seven times closer to the burning ball of ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe added to the festive cheer by sending home its first detailed telemetry data soon after its ...

Operations teams have confirmed NASA’s mission to “touch” the Sun survived its record-breaking closest approach to the solar surface on Dec. 24, 2024.

In a groundbreaking first, the Parker Solar Probe has successfully completed its closest encounter with the Sun. So where ...

Launched into space in 2018, the Parker Solar Probe is increasingly tightening its orbit around the Sun. The most significant ...

As mentioned above, the Parker Solar Probe's closest sun flyby will occur on Tuesday, Dec. 24, at 6:53 a.m. EST (1153 GMT).

NASA's Parker Solar Probe is preparing for its long-anticipated record-setting approach to the surface of the sun. Hurtling around the sun at approximately 430,000 mph, the uncrewed vehicle is ...