NASA's Parker Solar Probe beams home First detailed update

NASA's Parker Solar Probe completes historic Christmas Eve flyby of the sun — but it could take days to know if it survived
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 celebrates Christmas with record smashing 'kiss' of the sun
The daring NASA spacecraft made its closest-ever approach to the sun at 6:53 a.m. EST (1153 GMT) on Christmas Eve (Dec. 24).
NASA's Parker Solar Probe beams home 1st detailed update after record-breaking approach to the sun
"The data that will come down from the spacecraft will be fresh information about a place that we, as humanity, have never been."
On Christmas Eve, NASA's Parker Solar Probe got closer than ever to the sun
NASA's Parker Solar Probe will get closer to the sun than ever before. Astrophysicist Nour Rawafi explains how this mission could help solve the sun's most perplexing mysteries.
NASA confirms Parker Solar Probe survived solar close encounter
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 million miles (6.
On Christmas Eve, NASA’s Solar Probe ‘Touches the Sun’
Space agency’s Parker Solar Probe flies closer to the sun than any spacecraft during the first of three planned flybys.
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe survived its closest approach to the sun
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe skimmed the sun on Christmas Eve and lived to tell the tale. The heat-hardened spacecraft made its closest solar flyby yet at 6:53 a.m. EST on December 24. It came within 6.1 million kilometers of the surface of the sun, beating its own 2023 record of 7.26 million kilometers.
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe survives historic closest-ever flyby to sun
The space agency’s Parker Solar Probe survived the latest endeavor in its mission to “touch” the sun – flying just 3.8 million miles above the star’s surface on Christmas Eve, its closest-ever approach.
NASA solar probe makes history on Christmas Eve
While Santa begins approaching homes all over the world Christmas Eve; NASA will be making history as its solar probe gets to its closest point near the Sun ever in history. This will allow scientists to understand more about the Sun and how it effects Earth.
Fastest Nasa craft, Parker Solar Probe, to mark Christmas-eve by passing brushing the Sun
While surfing across corona, sun’s outer atmosphere, Parker will surpass blistering speed of 430,000 miles per hour, breaking its own record as the fastest object ever made by humans
NASA probe beams home update after record-breaking flyby of sun
NASA said scientists began receiving more detailed telemetry — or "housekeeping data" — from the spacecraft on New Year's Day.
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe makes historic approach to the sun on Christmas Eve
On Christmas Eve morning, NASA's Parker Solar Probe broke a new record with its closest approach ever to the sun.
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NASA probe attempts historic Christmas Eve approach to the sun
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe made a historic attempt to circle the sun at 6:53 a.m. EST on Tuesday, Christmas Eve, which, if successful, would be the closest-ever attempt to do so. The agency ...