The Fastest Spacecraft Ever Heads for Its Close-Up With the Sun
The mission’s close-up with the sun is the culmination of a dream that dates to the dawn of the space age, but progress was ...
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Solar Probe touched the Sun, now scientists wait for a signal and "proof of life"
The Parker Solar Probe, traveling at 430,000 mph, reaches 3.8 million miles from the Sun. Scientists now wait for a signal ...
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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 had survived its latest rendezvous with the sun.
History-making NASA probe flies closer to the sun than ever before — and breaks speed record
A NASA probe ventured closer to the sun than any spacecraft in history on Christmas Eve — and it whirled by at astounding ...
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Scientists hope NASA's Parker Solar Probe gets hit by a storm during historic Christmas Eve sun flyby
Our sun is far from the flawless orb of light we see in the sky. Spacecraft observations have long shown that, up close, the ...
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This is how close NASA's Parker Solar Probe will fly by the sun
file photo, a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy lifts off from Space Launch Complex-37 at Cape Canaveral, Fla. The Delta IV Heavy rocket will take NASA's Parker Solar Probe to an interplanetary ...
History-making probe achieves closest-ever approach to the sun
On Christmas Eve, the Parker Solar Probe was set to become the closest spacecraft to the sun, flying within a few million miles of the solar surface.
NASA spacecraft 'safe' after closest-ever approach to Sun
Parker Solar Probe was 'safe' and operating normally after successfully completing the closest-ever approach to the Sun by ...
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This is how close NASA's Parker Solar Probe will fly by the sun
The Parker Solar Probe will soon be the closest any human-made object has ever gotten to the sun. The probe ... or WISPR-- captured images of Venus' scorching-hot surface through the thick ...