To align with the landing site’s solar power conditions ... Space Launch Complex 37 at 12:53 p.m. This was the final Delta IV Heavy rocket launch ever, and last of any Delta rocket, which ...

The Parker Solar Probe, partly designed by students and researchers in Colorado, survived its closest encounter with our sun, ...

Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more! On Christmas Eve, the Parker Solar Probe hurtled through the scorching solar atmosphere while traveling at ...

On New Year's Day, NASA's Parker Solar Probe added to the festive cheer by sending home more good news about its record-breaking closest-ever approach to the sun. On Wednesday (Jan. 1), mission ...

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 ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. On New Year's Day, NASA's Parker Solar Probe added to the festive cheer by sending home more good ...

Breaking its previous record by flying just 3.8 million miles (around 6.1 million kilometers) above the surface of the sun, NASA's Parker Solar Probe hurtled through the solar atmosphere at a blazing ...

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 ...

NEW YORK — NASA's Parker Solar Probe successfully made the closest approach to the sun, the space agency confirmed Friday. This week, the spacecraft passed within a record-breaking 3.8 million ...