The Fastest Spacecraft Ever Heads for Its Close-Up With the Sun
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 ...
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe phones home after surviving historic close sun flyby. It's alive!
The spacecraft flew within 3.8 million miles (6.1 million kilometers) of the solar surface to "touch the sun" on Christmas ...
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Parker Solar Probe makes history with closest-ever approach to the sun
NASA's record-setting spacecraft was just 3.8 million miles from the sun's surface—the closest any human-made object has ever ...
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe survives close brush with the sun’s scorching surface
NASA has confirmed that a spacecraft has made the closest approach to the sun. Earlier this week, the Parker Solar Probe ...
History-making NASA probe flies closer to the sun than ever before — and breaks speed record
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 Makes History With Closest Pass to Sun
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.
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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 ...
NASA Spacecraft Parker Solar Probe Survives Closest-Ever Approach To The Sun
The Parker Solar Probe successfully entered the corona, the outermost layer of the Suns atmosphere, a region that had long ...
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe whizzes within 3.8 million miles of sun, setting a record
NASA's Parker Solar Probe has survived an up-close encounter with the sun, officially coming closer to the fiery star than any other spacecraft before it. The record-breaking solar approach took ...
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Solar Probe touched the Sun, now scientists wait for a signal and "proof of life"
The Parker Solar Probe, traveling at 430,000 mph, reaches 3.8 million miles from the Sun. Scientists now wait for a signal ...
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 ...
Parker Solar Probe Breaks Record With Closest Ever Sun Flyby, NASA Hopes It Survived
NASA's fastest spacecraft in space - the Parker Solar Probe made history on Christmas eve by making its closest ever approach ...