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NASA's Parker Solar Probe will reach its closest-ever point to the sun on Christmas Eve

NASA's record-breaking Parker Solar Probe will smash its own personal bests for proximity to the sun and fastest speed by a human-made object when it whizzes past our star on Christmas Eve (Dec. 24).

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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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Parker Solar Probe to break speed records near the sun

Launched into space in 2018, the Parker Solar Probe is gradually tightening its orbit around the Sun. The most significant moment of the mission will occur on December 24, 2024, when the probe will approach the closest distance to the Sun and accelerate to 120 miles per second.

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NASA spacecraft just plunged into the sun and broke stunning records

Early on Christmas Eve in 2024, a NASA craft swooped at blazing speed through the sun's atmosphere.

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Parker Solar Probe survives historic closest-ever flyby of the sun, NASA confirms

Editor's Note: This story was originally published Dec. 24 and updated Friday, Dec. 27 at 10:45 a.m. EST to confirm that the Parker Solar ... probe was likely traveling at an incredible speed ...

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Parker Solar Probe successfully completes closest-ever approach to sun

The Parker Solar Probe has successfully completed a historic close encounter with the sun, passing through its blazing corona ...

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