Parker Solar Probe makes history with closest pass to Sun

Parker Solar Probe makes history with closest pass to Sun

Space Daily

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Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 28, 2024

Operations teams have confirmed NASA's mission to "touch" the Sun 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, NASA's Parker Solar Probe hurtled through the solar atmosphere at a blazing 430,000 miles per hour - faster than any human-made object has ever moved

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