The probe will complete 24 orbits of the sun over its seven-year lifespan and fly seven times closer to our star than any other spacecraft. The Parker Solar Probe's closest approach to the sun ...

NASA's record-setting spacecraft was just 3.8 million miles from the sun's surface—the closest any human-made object has ever ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe added to the festive cheer by sending home its first detailed telemetry data soon after its ...

NASA has confirmed that its Parker Solar Probe is safe and fully operational after its Christmas Eve close encounter with the ...

The probe sent a signal to Earth indicating that it had survived the closest solar encounter ever attempted by a spacecraft.

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe skimmed the sun on Christmas Eve and lived to tell the tale. The heat-hardened spacecraft made its closest solar flyby yet at 6:53 a.m. EST on December 24. It came within 6.1 ...

NASA’s daring Parker Solar Probe plunged deeper into the sun’s atmosphere than any human-made object before. While performing ...

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).

Thomas Zurbuchen was the head of science at NASA from 2016 to 2022.

NASA's Parker ... of all its 24 scheduled orbits. Parker's final two close approaches will be March 22 and June 19, 2025. Within two months of launching, the Parker Solar Probe in October ...

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.