NASA’s Parker probe rings back home

NASA’s Parker probe rings back home after historic sun flyby at 430,000 mph
NASA’s daring Parker Solar Probe plunged deeper into the sun’s atmosphere than any human-made object before. While performing this nail-biting closest approach to the sun’s surface, a tense silence fell over mission control as contact was briefly lost.
After Days of Silence, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Phones Home
The probe sent a signal to Earth indicating that it had survived the closest solar encounter ever attempted by a spacecraft.
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 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.
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 on4. But did it survive? We're about to find out.
NASA's Parker Solar Probe phones home after surviving historic close sun flyby. It's alive!
A NASA spacecraft has survived a historic close fly of the sun. The mission team received a beacon tone from the Parker Solar Probe, signaling it was still functioning after the record approach.
Parker Solar Probe to make closest-ever approach to sun on Christmas Eve, NASA says
Hurtling around the sun at approximately 430,000 mph, the uncrewed vehicle is expected to come within 3.8 million miles of the sun.
Parker Solar Probe to break speed record in historic Christmas Eve solar flyby
During this close approach, the Parker Solar Probe will cut through plumes of solar plasma, collecting vital data to help scientists better understand the Sun's behavior and its effects on Earth.
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 Parker Solar Probe attempts historic closest-ever approach to Sun | All you need to know
Travelling at speeds of up to 430,000 mph and withstanding temperatures of up to 982°C, the Parker Solar Probe is on a mission to "touch" the Sun.
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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Parker Solar Probe: First spacecraft to 'touch' the sun
NASA's Parker Solar Probe launched on Aug. 12, 2018, aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket. The Parker Solar Probe's mission is to study the sun in unprecedented detail.
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The Fastest Spacecraft Ever Heads for Its Close-Up With the Sun
The mission was greenlit and eventually named after Eugene Parker, the solar physicist who predicted the existence of the solar wind in the 1950s and lived to see the launch of his namesake ...
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NASA's Record-Breaking Solar Mission and Blue Origin's Licensed Leap
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