NASA's Parker Probe: Fastest object ever built to make closest approach to sun today

Scientists' anxious wait to celebrate solar probe's moment in the sun

Nasa scientists and fellow space watchers face a tantalising wait over the Christmas period while the Parker probe continues its unprecedented circuit around the outer rim of the sun.

When will we know if NASA’s Parker Solar Probe survived ‘touching’ the sun?

NASA's Parker Solar Probe made its closest approach to the sun on December 24. But did it survive? We're about to find out.

NASA's Parker Solar Probe completes historic Christmas Eve flyby...

But it could take days to know if it survived 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 in 1969. NASA's Parker Solar Probe is spending Christmas Eve on a history-making attempt to fly closer to the sun than we have ever been before — a stunning technological feat that scientists liken to the historic …

On December 15, 2021, a Nasa spacecraft achieved what scientists then described as “touching” the Sun, sinking through the unexplored solar atmosphere known as the crown.The Parker solar probe flew through the crown of our star, a feat that scientists described as “fascinatingly exciting.”

NASA Probe Aims For A Record-Breaking Brush Near The Sun

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is making history this holiday season with a daring journey into the Sun’s outer atmosphere. If successful, it will be the closest any spacecraft has ever come to our fiery star. Launched in 2018, the probe has already completed 21 close encounters with the Sun.  Parker Will Be Just 3.8M Miles From Sun  But this Christmas Eve fly-by takes it within just 3.8 million miles of the Sun’s surface. The sail is exciting whe…

NASA Probe Makes Record Breaking Approach Into Sun's Atmosphere - Withstanding Temperatures of 2,500 Degrees!

Despite the efforts of other superpowers, America is still leading the world in groundbreaking space exploration.