NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Makes History With Closest Pass to Sun
Dec 27, 2024 · 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 Solar Probe survived solar close …
3 days ago · NASA has confirmed that its Parker Solar Probe is safe and fully operational after its Christmas Eve close encounter with the Sun. On December 24, 2024, the robotic probe came within a record 3.8 ...
NASA's Parker Solar Probe safe after historic closest-ever ... - CBS News
Dec 27, 2024 · 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 Reports Successful Closest Approach …
Dec 27, 2024 · 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.
January 2025 – Parker Solar Probe - NASA Blogs
4 days ago · Parker Solar Probe’s next two close passes of the Sun, at approximately the same distance and speed, will occur March 22 and June 19. Parker Solar Probe was developed as part of NASA’s Living With a Star program to explore aspects of the Sun-Earth system that directly affect life and society. The Living With a Star program is managed by the ...
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...
Parker Solar Probe Makes History With Closest Pass to the Sun
Dec 27, 2024 · 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 ...
Parker Solar Probe - NASA Blogs
4 days ago · NASA’s Parker Solar Probe completed its 18th close approach to the Sun on Dec. 28, 2023, matching its own distance record by skimming just about 4.51 million miles (7.26 million kilometers) from the solar surface.
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 Will Attempt the Closest Ever Pass of …
Dec 24, 2024 · NASA’s Parker Solar Probe sent a signal to Earth indicating that it had survived the closest encounter to the sun ever attempted by a spacecraft.