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 ...

In a groundbreaking first, the Parker Solar Probe has successfully completed its closest encounter with the Sun. So where ...

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

its approach on Tuesday would be its closest of all its 24 scheduled orbits. "No human-made object has ever passed this close to a star," said Nick Pinkine, Parker Solar Probe mission operations ...

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 ...

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).

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

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.

NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Ben Smith NASA’s Parker Solar Probe made history on Dec. 24 by flying closer than ever to the sun. NASA The spacecraft flew through more than seven times closer to the sun ...