NASA's Parker Solar Probe is alive! Two days after an historic Christmas Eve sun flyby that flew closer to the star than any spacecraft in history — taking the car-sized spacecraft nearly 10 times closer to the sun than Mercury — the Parker Solar Probe ...

NASA sent its Parker Solar Probe just 3.8 million miles from the surface of the Sun — and it survived. The probe transmitted a signal back to Earth on the night of December 26th, “indicating it’s in good health and operating normally,” according to NASA.

NASA's Parker Solar Probe was poised to make history on Tuesday with a record-breaking flight around the Sun -- although the news won't be confirmed until Friday. It's expected that the spacecraft set a new benchmark early Christmas Eve morning,