Parker Solar Probe

• NASA spacecraft makes closest-ever approach to sun by human-made object

  The spacecraft passed 3.8 million miles (6.1 million km) from the solar surface on Dec. 24, flying into the sun's outer atmosphere called the corona.

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  Dec 27, 2024
  
• NASA’s Parker solar probe rockets toward sun for closest look yet

  NASA's new solar probe is on its way to the sun, where it will examine the star from closer than ever before.

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  Aug 12, 2018
  
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• NASA is gearing up to ‘touch the sun’ with a robotic spacecraft the size of a small car

  The Parker Solar Probe, slated to launch from Cape Canaveral on Aug. 11, will fly within 6.1 million km of the sun's surface — seven times closer than any other spacecraft.

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  Aug 2, 2018
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• NASA probe designed to ‘touch the sun’ set to launch in early August

  A specialized probe 60 years in the making will soon be launching into space on a mission to "touch" our sun for the very first time.

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  Jul 20, 2018