NASA’s Parker probe rings back home

NASA’s Parker probe rings back home after historic sun flyby at 430,000 mph
The Parker Solar Probe broke its record by flying closer to the sun than ever before, reaching a distance of just 3.8 million miles (6.1 million km) from its surface. During this encounter, the probe achieved a record-breaking speed of 430,000 miles per hour, making it the fastest human-made object in history.
Parker Solar Probe to make closest-ever approach to sun on Christmas Eve, NASA says
Hurtling around the sun at approximately 430,000 mph, the uncrewed vehicle is expected to come within 3.8 million miles of the sun.
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe survived its closest approach to the sun
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 million kilometers of the surface of the sun, beating its own 2023 record of 7.26 million kilometers.
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe to fly through sun’s corona
NASA scientists launched the Parker Solar Probe on what they call “a mission to touch the sun.” Since then, the spacecraft has looped around our star 21 times, with the research team nudging the craft’s orbit ever closer to the solar surface.
NASA solar probe to traverse "uncharted territory" in closest-ever pass of Sun
NASA's pioneering Parker Solar Probe is poised to make its closest-ever approach of the Sun on Christmas Eve, a record-setting 3.8 million miles from the surface.
Nasa’s Parker probe phones home after ‘touching Sun’ in historic mission
Nasa did not have contact with the spacecraft during the historic feat as it endured temperatures of up to 982 degrees Celsius.
NASA probe beams home update after record-breaking flyby of sun
NASA said scientists began receiving more detailed telemetry — or "housekeeping data" — from the spacecraft on New Year's Day.
NASA's Parker Solar Probe beams home 1st detailed update after record-breaking approach to the sun
NASA's Parker Solar Probe added to the festive cheer by sending home its first detailed telemetry data soon after its record-breaking closest-ever approach to the sun.
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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.
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe whizzes within 3.8 million miles of sun, setting a record
NASA's Parker Solar Probe has survived an up-close ... the space agency said in a news release. Two days after the probe zipped within 3.8 million miles of the sun, it managed to transmit a ...
Nasa craft set for daring 1,300C Christmas Eve descent to Sun in ‘closest approach’ ever to solve baffling space mystery
A NASA spacecraft is getting ready for a record-setting “closest-ever flight” to the Sun on Christmas Eve. The Parker Solar ...
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has sent signal to home after completing its closest-ever sun flyby
Over the past six years, Parker Solar Probe has been preparing for this milestone. Since its 2018 launch, the spacecraft completed seven Venus flybys, using the planet's gravity to inch closer ...