NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Makes History With Closest Pass to Sun
6 days ago · NASA's Parker Solar Probe survived its record-breaking closest approach to the solar surface on Dec. 24, 2024. Breaking its previous record by flying just 3.8 million miles above the surface of the Sun, the spacecraft hurtled through the solar atmosphere at a blazing 430,000 miles per hour — faster than any human-made object has ever moved.
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Reports Successful Closest Approach …
6 days ago · Following its record-breaking closest approach to the Sun, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has transmitted a beacon tone back to Earth indicating it’s in good health and operating normally.. The mission operations team at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland received the signal just before midnight EST, on the night of Dec. 26.
Nasa's Parker Solar Probe survives closest-ever approach to Sun
Nasa said the probe was "safe" and operating normally after it passed just 3.8 million miles (6.1 million km) from the solar surface. The probe plunged into our star's outer atmosphere on...
NASA's Parker Solar Probe safe after historic closest-ever ... - CBS News
6 days ago · NASA's Parker Solar Probe hurtled through the sizzling solar atmosphere and passed within a record-breaking 3.8 million miles of the sun's surface.
Parker Solar Probe Begins Record-Setting Closest Approach to …
Dec 20, 2024 · During closest approach, or perihelion, mission operations will be out of contact with the spacecraft, and Parker will transmit another beacon tone on Friday, Dec. 27, to confirm its health following the close flyby.
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Sends Signal Home - The New York …
6 days ago · On Dec. 24, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe swooped closer than it ever had before to the sun, just a few million miles above its blazing hot surface. The team behind the mission waited nervously,...
NASA's solar probe flies closer to the sun than any human ... - NBC News
Dec 21, 2024 · NASA’s Parker Solar Probe dove extremely close to the solar surface on Dec. 24. The spacecraft should get nearer to the sun than any other human-made object in history — within 3.86 million...
History-making probe achieves closest-ever approach to the sun
Dec 23, 2024 · Over the past six years of the spacecraft’s seven-year mission, the Parker Solar Probe has collected data to enlighten scientists about some of the sun’s greatest mysteries.
NASA's Parker Solar Probe Survives Close Brush With the Sun's …
6 days ago · NASA's Parker Solar Probe Survives Close Brush With the Sun's Scorching Surface NEW YORK (AP) — NASA's Parker Solar Probe has successfully made the closest approach to the sun, the space agency ...
NASA spacecraft makes history with closest-encounter with the …
Dec 25, 2024 · Icarus may be known in Greek mythology as the one who flew too close to the sun. But today, it's NASA's Parker Solar Probe that turned the daring journey into reality.