NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Makes History With Closest Pass to Sun
4 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 Confirms: Parker Probe Survives 'Touching Sun' in
2 days ago · In August 2018, NASA's Parker Solar Probe (PSP) began its long journey to study the Sun's outer corona. After several gravity-assist maneuvers with Venus, the probe broke Helios 2's distance record and became the closest object to the Sun on October 29th, 2018. Since then, the Parker probe's highly ...
NASA's Parker Solar Probe safe after historic closest-ever ... - CBS News
4 days ago · NASA probe sets record as closest object to the sun 02:22. A NASA spacecraft made history and is safe after making the closest-ever approach to the sun. On Tuesday, the Parker Solar Probe hurtled ...
Nasa's Parker Solar Probe survives closest-ever approach to Sun
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 Reports Successful Closest Approach …
4 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.
Parker Solar Probe Makes History With Closest Pass to the Sun
4 days ago · NASA’s mission to “touch” the Sun has confirmed that it survived its record-breaking closest approach to the Sun’s surface on Dec. 24. Breaking its previous record by flying just 3.8 million miles (around 6.1 million kilometers) above the surface of the Sun, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe hurtled through the solar atmosphere at a blazing 430,000 miles per hour (692,000 …
NASA's Parker Solar Probe Survives Close Brush With the Sun's …
4 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 ...
History-making probe achieves closest-ever approach to the sun
Dec 23, 2024 · The Parker Solar Probe zoomed by the sun on Tuesday during a record-breaking flyby, coming within 3.8 million miles (6.1 million kilometers) of the solar surface during humanity’s closest ...
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Sends Signal Home - The New York …
4 days ago · The probe sent a signal to Earth indicating that it had survived the closest solar encounter ever attempted by a spacecraft. By Katrina Miller On Dec. 24, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe swooped ...
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.