During this close approach, the Parker Solar Probe will cut through plumes of solar plasma, collecting vital data to help ...

NASA's record-breaking Parker Solar Probe will smash its own personal bests for proximity to the sun and fastest speed by a ...

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

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.

Parker Solar Probe reaches record 3.8 million miles from the Sun Achieves 430,000 mph, fastest speed for a human-made object Key mission in understanding the Sun's solar wind and particles ...

The daring NASA spacecraft made its closest-ever approach to the sun at 6:53 a.m. EST (1153 GMT) on Christmas Eve (Dec. 24).

NASA's Parker Solar Probe launched on Aug. 12, 2018, aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket. The Parker Solar Probe's mission is to study the sun in unprecedented detail. The ...

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

The mission control team is eagerly awaiting a signal from Parker on December 27, which will confirm the spacecraft's ...

The Parker Solar Probe set a new record by flying just 3.8 million miles above the Sun's surface, traveling at an unprecedented speed of 430,000 miles per hour—making it the fastest human-made ...

Hurtling around the sun at approximately 430,000 mph, the uncrewed vehicle is expected to come within 3.8 million miles of ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe raced through the solar atmosphere at 430,000 miles per hour, which is a speed unsurpassed by any human-made object. Agency officials are excited by the development.