NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Makes History With Closest Pass to Sun
22 hours 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 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 safe after historic closest-ever approach to sun
1 day ago · The Parker Solar Probe was launched in 2018 to get a close-up look at the sun. Before this week's historic milestone, Parker had flown straight through the sun's corona, the outer atmosphere ...
Parker Solar Probe Makes History With Closest Pass to the Sun
22 hours 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 kilometers per hour ...
NASA's Parker Solar Probe survives close brush with the sun's …
1 day ago · NEW YORK (AP) — NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has successfully made the closest approach to the sun, the space agency confirmed Friday. Earlier this week, the spacecraft passed within a record-breaking 3.8 million miles (6 million kilometers) of the scorching star.NASA received an all-clear message from Parker on Thursday night confirming it survived the journey.
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Reports Successful Closest Approach to Sun
1 day 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 Close Brush With the Sun's …
1 day 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 ...
Parker Solar Probe attempts closest-ever approach to the sun
5 days ago · On Christmas Eve, the Parker Solar Probe was set to become the closest spacecraft to the sun, flying within a few million miles of the solar surface.
Parker Solar Probe Begins Record-Setting Closest Approach to the Sun …
Dec 20, 2024 · NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is in good health and operating normally as it speeds toward its closest-ever flight around the Sun on Christmas Eve. Mission operators at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, received a beacon transmission from Parker, through NASA’s Deep Space Network complex in Canberra ...
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Sends Signal Home - The New York …
22 hours 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 ...