NASA, Parker Solar Probe and Sun

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."
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Makes History With Closest Pass to Sun
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.
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has survived the closest-ever Sun flyby
NASA sent its Parker Solar Probe just 3.8 million miles from the surface of the Sun — and it survived. The probe transmitted a signal back to Earth on the night of December 26th, “indicating it’s in good health and operating normally,” according to NASA.
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.
Scientists await signal from NASA's Parker Solar Probe after historic close sun flyby. Will it phone home?
On the heels of a NASA spacecraft's historic close flyby of the sun on Christmas Eve, scientists on Earth have one question on their minds: Did their probe survive as an epic Christmas gift, or is it a burned up lump of coal in space?
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has sent signal to home after completing its closest-ever sun flyby
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has successfully completed its record-breaking flyby, coming within just 3.8 million miles (6.1 million kilometers) of the solar surface on Christmas Eve.
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 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.
What NASA’s Historic Sun Mission Today Has To Do With 2024’s Northern Lights And Eclipse
Today, humanity achieved a historic milestone as NASA’s Parker Solar Probe got closer to the sun than any spacecraft in ...
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NASA just broke a record in its mission to ‘touch the sun’
This week, on Christmas Eve, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe made the closest recorded approach to the sun – 3.8 billion miles above the yellow dwarf star’s surface. Two days later, a beacon tone confirmed ...
NASA spacecraft 'safe' after closest-ever approach to Sun
NASA said on Friday that its Parker Solar Probe was "safe" and operating normally after successfully completing the ...
NASA’s LEXI Will Unveil Earth’s Magnetic Shield With Lunar X-Ray Vision
NASA's LEXI, an innovative X-ray imager, is embarking on a groundbreaking mission to the Moon under the Artemis campaign.
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World's fastest object completes NASA sun mission as historic 'as Apollo moon landing'
Arik Posner, Parker Solar Probe program scientist for NASA, says: 'This is one example of NASA's bold missions, doing something that no one else has ever done before to answer longstanding ...
Experience The Sun’s Increasingly Wild Outbursts Through Sight And Sound
The European Space Agency shows how the sun’s activity has ramped up as it careened toward "solar maximum." Data sonification brings solar flares to life through audio.
NASA's micro-mission Lunar Trailblazer will make macro-measurements of the lunar surface in 2025
NASA's upcoming Artemis II mission is slated to return astronauts to the moon no sooner than April 2026. Astronauts were last ...
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Out-of-this-world space missions to watch in 2025
In 2024, space exploration dazzled the world. The new year’s missions will expand humanity’s horizons even further.