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During its flyby, Parker snapped some amazing close-up images of the Sun, which NASA finally released to the public yesterday ...
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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 was on Christmas Eve when NASA's Parker Solar Probe broke the record with its closest approach to the Sun. This monumental flyby was scheduled for 6:53 a.m. EST, taking the spacecraft to just 6 ...
NASA said the spacecraft was safe and operating after its historic flight on Christmas Eve and noted Parker is expected to send back detailed telemetry data on its status on New Year's Day.
On Christmas Eve, NASA's Parker Solar Probe flew 3.8 million miles above the sun's surface at 430,000 miles per hour, beating its own record.
The Parker Solar Probe signaled to operators that it was still operating normally after traveling within 3.8 million miles of the Sun’s surface on Christmas Eve. The Parker Solar Probe signaled ...
NASA spacecraft survives closest-ever approach to the sun The Parker Solar Probe came within 3.8 million miles of the sun's surface on Christmas Eve, enduring temperatures of up to 982C.
NASA's Parker Solar Probe has survived an up-close encounter with the sun, coming closer to the fiery star than any other spacecraft before it.
Parker Solar Probe launched in 2018, heading to the centre of our solar system. It had already swept past the Sun 21 times, getting ever nearer, but the Christmas Eve visit was record-breaking.
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has called home, sending a signal confirming that it survived a historically close encounter with the sun, when it traveled to within 3.8 million miles of the flaring ...