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NASA's Parker Solar Probe safe

NASA's Parker Solar Probe safe after historic closest-ever approach to sun

NASA's Parker Solar Probe hurtled through the sizzling solar atmosphere and passed within a record-breaking 3.8 million miles of the sun's surface.

NPR · 4d

On Christmas Eve, NASA's Parker Solar Probe got closer than ever to the sun

NASA's Parker Solar Probe will get closer to the sun than ever before. Astrophysicist Nour Rawafi explains how this mission could help solve the sun's most perplexing mysteries.

USA Today · 4d

NASA's solar probe survives closest-ever approach to sun

On Christmas Eve, the spacecraft approached within 3.8 million miles of the Sun’s surface—the closest any spacecraft has ventured before.

Newsweek4d

NASA's Parker Solar Probe: What Happens Next After Sun Flyby?

NASA's Parker Solar Probe has once again made history, completing its closest-ever approach to the sun on December 24, 2024. Hurtling through the solar corona at an astonishing 430,000 miles ...

Space.com8d

Parker Solar Probe: First spacecraft to 'touch' the sun

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 Verge4d

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has survived the closest-ever Sun flyby

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 ...

Live Science8d

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 had survived its latest rendezvous with the sun.

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