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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Parker Solar Probe completes closest-ever approach to the Sun
NASA's Parker Solar Probe flew closer to the Sun than ever before. It traveled at 430,000 mph, making it the fastest ...
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has sent signal to home after completing its closest-ever sun flyby
The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) mission team in Laurel, Maryland, received the spacecraft’s signal just before midnight EST on December 26. Contact was lost during the closest ...
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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 ...
NASA Confirms Successful Flyby of Parker Solar Probe, Completes Closest Sun Approach
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 ...
History-making NASA probe flies closer to the sun than ever before — and breaks speed record
The Parker Solar Probe passed within just 3.8 million miles of the sun’s surface — seven times closer to the burning ball of ...
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Survives Fiery Sun Flyby at 430,000 MPH
Racing closer to the Sun than ever before, the Parker Solar Probe is unlocking the secrets of our solar system's fiery heart. NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has successfully transmitted a beacon signal ...
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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 ...
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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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Solar Orbiter: Closest ever pictures taken of the Sun
The circle at bottom-left gives an indication of size New pictures of the Sun ... taken from the closest ever vantage point, they are not the highest resolution ever acquired. The largest solar ...
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 ...
NASA spacecraft attempts closest-ever approach to the sun
No human-made object has ever passed this close to a star, so Parker will truly be returning data from uncharted territory,” ...