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 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 ...
Read full article: ‘Really close, folks:’ Blue Origin gets FAA license for 1st launch of New Glenn ... shows an artist's rendering of the Parker Solar Probe approaching the Sun.
On this date, Jan. 2, 1959, the Soviet Union launched Luna 1. The probe would pass within 3,725.5 miles of the moon but did ...
NASA has confirmed that its Parker Solar Probe is safe and fully operational after its Christmas Eve close encounter with the ...
NASA's record-setting spacecraft was just 3.8 million miles from the sun's surface—the closest any human-made object has ever ...
On New Year's Day, NASA's Parker Solar Probe added to the festive cheer by sending home more good news about its record-breaking closest-ever approach to the sun. On Wednesday (Jan. 1), mission ...