This pass, the first of more to come at this distance, is allowing the spacecraft ... "It's monumental to be able to get a spacecraft this close to the sun," said John Wirzburger, Parker Solar Probe ...

The spacecraft flew within 3.8 million miles (6.1 million kilometers) of the solar surface to "touch the sun" on Christmas ...

The probe accelerated to 430,000 mph, faster than any spacecraft has ever flown, traveling to within 3.8 million miles of the star’s surface.

Parker Solar Probe has spent the last six years setting ... This oval-shaped orbit brings the spacecraft an ideal distance from the sun every three months—close enough to study our sun's ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe has once again made history ... For context, if the distance between Earth and the sun was equivalent to the length of a football field, this closest approach would ...

"The data that will come down from the spacecraft will be fresh information about a place that we, as humanity, have never ...

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe skimmed the sun on Christmas Eve and lived to ... Parker will make two more flybys at this distance in March and June before its primary mission ends in September ...

27 (UPI) --The Parker Solar Probe has successfully completed a historic close encounter with the sun, passing through ... every three months, at which distance it is close enough to carry out ...

A NASA probe has 'touched the Sun' in a historic moment, capturing the sound of solar flares as they fly out through space.

“Parker Solar Probe is braving one of the most extreme ... Objects orbiting the sun at a distance are moving at tremendous velocity (the Earth is booking along at roughly 67,000 mph), and ...

NEW YORK — NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has successfully made the ... the craft is expected to circle the sun at this distance through at least September. It’s the fastest spacecraft built ...