Nasa's Parker Solar Probe survives closest-ever approach to Sun
Dec 27, 2024 · It had already swept past the Sun 21 times, getting ever nearer, but the Christmas Eve visit was record-breaking. At its closest approach, the probe was 3.8 million miles (6.1 million km) from our ...
NASA's Parker Solar Probe celebrates Christmas with record …
On Christmas Eve (Dec. 24), a NASA spacecraft made history by coming closer to the sun than any spacecraft ever has before. This record-breaking feat was conducted by the Parker Solar Probe,...
NASA's solar probe flies closer to the sun than any human ... - NBC News
Dec 21, 2024 · NASA “tasted” the sun on Christmas Eve. The agency’s Parker Solar Probe made its closest-ever approach to the sun on Tuesday, swooping nearer to our star than any other human-made object in ...
NASA's Parker Solar Probe will reach its closest-ever point to the …
Dec 22, 2024 · On Christmas Eve, NASA 's Parker Solar Probe will come closer than ever before to "touching the sun," getting more than eight times closer than Mercury does to our home star. It will also smash...
What time is NASA's Parker Solar Probe closest sun flyby ever on ...
Dec 22, 2024 · The NASA spacecraft, called the Parker Solar Probe, is on course for what will be a record-setting close flyby of the sun on Christmas Eve, when it will fly through the star's outer...
Parker Solar Probe survives historic closest-ever flyby of the sun ...
Dec 24, 2024 · On Christmas Eve, NASA's Parker Solar Probe flew closer to the sun than any human-made object ever — a stunning technological feat that scientists liken to the historic Apollo moon landing...
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Attempts a Record-Breaking Christmas Eve …
Dec 23, 2024 · On Christmas Eve, December 24, Parker will fly just 6.1 million kilometers above the surface of the sun, or 9.86 solar radii from the sun’s center, ten times closer than Mercury orbits the...
December 2024 – Parker Solar Probe - NASA Blogs
Dec 27, 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 ...
'We are preparing to make history': NASA's Parker Solar Probe …
Dec 11, 2024 · On Christmas Eve, NASA's Parker Solar Probe will swoop within 3.8 million miles (6.1 million kilometers) of the sun's surface at a whopping 430,000 mph (690,000 kph), breaking its own records for ...
NASA's Parker Solar Probe will fly closer to the sun than
nasa On December 24 at 6:53AM ET, the spacecraft’s orbit will take it just 3.8 million miles from the solar surface, according to the space agency. That’ll be the closest it — or any other ...