NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Dares To Dance With Sun

All systems 'go' as Parker Solar Probe approaches closest encounter with Sun
NASA's Parker Solar Probe is operating normally and remains on schedule for a record-setting close encounter with the Sun on Christmas Eve, mission controllers say.
NASA's solar probe is about to fly closer to the sun than any human-made object ever
NASA's Parker Solar Probe is expected to make a fiery dive close to the solar surface on the morning of Christmas Eve.
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Dares To Dance With the Sun
NASA's Parker Solar Probe is poised for its closest approach to the Sun on December 24. By December 27, following its perilous journey near the Sun, Parker is expected to transmit data, offering new insights into solar phenomena.
NASA probe to make Christmas Eve trip to sun’s surface: ‘Uncharted territory’
The Parker probe was launched in 2018 as part of NASA’s Living With a Star program with the aim of “touching” the sun. It has circled the sun more than 20 times since to explore the flaming hot, outermost layer, the corona, which can uncover how the sun-earth system affects life and society.
NASA probe to make history by flying closer to the sun than ever before
NASA's Parker Solar Probe is set to fly its closest ever flight around the Sun on Christmas Eve. The agency said the probe was on course to fly 3.8 million miles from the surface of the Sun just before 7 a.
NASA video explains why the Parker Solar Probe won’t melt as it approaches the sun
This year, we learned that our Neanderthal cousins were a lot like us, despite treading their own path that ended in extinction.
This is how close NASA's Parker Solar Probe will fly by the sun
The Parker Solar Probe is expected to pass within an "unprecedented" 3.86 million miles of the solar surface on Dec. 24, according to NASA. "It's about to be on its closest approach to the sun," Rayl said.
Parker Solar Probe Will Make Closest-Ever Approach To Sun
On December 24, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will make the closest-ever approach to the sun by a spacecraft. Parker has made more than 20 close approaches to the sun before, but this one will swoop in even closer than 3.8 million miles away from the sun’s surface.
Parker Solar Probe will soon go deeper into the sun than ever before
On 24 December, the Parker Solar Probe will be the closest human-made object ever to a star, taking unprecedented measurements of the sun
A NASA space probe will fly into the sun on Christmas Eve
We're just days away from the Parker Solar Probe making its closest approach yet to the sun. The little spacecraft will barrel through the sun's outer
History-making closeup of our sun will come Christmas Eve — if the probe doesn’t melt
It will be the fastest a human-made object has ever traveled, putting us closer than ever to the source of life on Earth.
NASA probe in Christmas Eve flight to 'uncharted territory' of Sun's surface
The Paker Solar Probe - which is named after American phycisist Eugene Parker - is set to race past the sun at 430,000mph as ...
Watch: NASA Experts Discuss Mission to 'Touch the Sun'
Parker Solar Probe is "venturing into a region of space that we never visited before," astrophysicist Nour Rawafi said.
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