NASA's Parker Solar Probe is out of contact with mission control after its closest-ever pass of the sun on Tuesday, Dec. 24.
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe made its closest approach to the sun early Tuesday, getting within just 4% of the Earth-sun distance — a feat compared to the '69 moon landing.
NASA is about to make history. Its Parker Solar Probe is set to fly closer to the sun than any object in history. The mission is years in the making.
Nasa is flying the fastest human-made object ever made closer to the Sun than anything has ever been before. The space agency hopes that the Parker Solar Probe can get to the heart of many of the mysteries of the Sun, including what powers the violent processes that keep us alive on Earth.
Hurtling around the sun at approximately 430,000 mph, the uncrewed vehicle is expected to come within 3.8 million miles of the sun.
The concept of touching the Sun can be traced back to the ancient Greek myth of Icarus, but scientists at NASA have turned that idea into a reality. On Dec. 24th, their Parker Solar Probe managed to travel to just within 3.
At 3.8 million miles from the Sun's surface, Parker Solar Probe will be the closest a human-made object's ever been to our host star.
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe made a historic attempt to circle the sun at 6:53 a.m. EST on Tuesday, Christmas Eve, which, if successful, would be the closest-ever attempt to do so. The agency will remain out of contact with the spacecraft until Friday,
On Christmas Eve, NASA's Parker Solar Probe achieved the impossible – a closer encounter with the sun than any spacecraft in history. It plunged into the sun's scorching outer atmosphere, the corona, flying through a distance of a mere 3.8 million miles ...
NASA's Parker Solar Probe is spending Christmas Eve on a history-making attempt to fly closer to the sun than we have ever been before — a stunning technological feat that scientists liken to the historic Apollo moon landing in 1969. At 6:53 a.m. ET on ...
Former NASA astronaut Leroy Chiao reacts to a NASA probe attempting the closest ever pass of the sun during an appearance on ‘America Reports.’