Parker Solar Probe - NASA Science
Aug 12, 2018 · On a mission to “touch the Sun,” NASA's Parker Solar Probe became the first spacecraft to fly through the corona – the Sun’s upper atmosphere – in 2021.
Final Venus Flyby for NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Queues Closest …
Nov 4, 2024 · The flyby will adjust Parker’s trajectory into its final orbital configuration, bringing the spacecraft to within an unprecedented 3.86 million miles of the solar surface on Dec. 24, 2024. It will be the closest any human made object has been to the Sun. Parker’s Venus flybys have become boons for new Venus science thanks to a chance ...
News Center - Parker Solar Probe
On Saturday, Jan. 27, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe began space environment testing, starting with the air being pumped out of the 40-foot-tall thermal vacuum chamber at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland where the spacecraft is currently housed.
For the Record: Parker Solar Probe Sets Distance, Speed Marks …
Sep 28, 2023 · NASA’s Parker Solar Probe completed its 17th close approach to the Sun on Sept. 27, 2023, breaking its own distance record by skimming just 4.51 million miles (7.26 million kilometers) from the solar surface.
NASA's Parker Solar Probe flies by Venus before historic sun …
Nov 6, 2024 · Here’s how it works. NASA's Parker Solar Probe should have completed its seventh swing past Venus on Nov. 6 — the spacecraft's final maneuver around the amber planet — in a flyby that nudged ...
Parker Solar Probe - NASA Blogs
Oct 3, 2024 · NASA’s Parker Solar Probe completed its 18th close approach to the Sun on Dec. 28, 2023, matching its own distance record by skimming just about 4.51 million miles (7.26 million kilometers) from the solar surface.
Hot Pursuit: NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Completes 18th
Jan 10, 2024 · NASA’s Parker Solar Probe successfully completed its 18th close approach to the Sun on December 28, 2023, matching previous distance and speed records, and communicated its healthy status back to mission control.
First NASA Parker Solar Probe Results Reveal Surprising Details …
Dec 4, 2019 · The Sun is revealing itself in dramatic detail and shedding light on how other stars may form and behave throughout the universe – all thanks to NASA’s Parker Solar Probe. The spacecraft is enduring scorching temperatures to gather data, which are being shared for the first time in four new papers that illuminate previously unknown and only ...
Parker Solar Probe
Oct 8, 2024 · Parker Solar Probe. Latest News | October 8, 2024. Parker Project Scientist Covers Our Connections to the Sun at TED2024. Meet ParkerBot! ParkerBot is a virtual assistant for all information on NASA's Parker Solar Probe mission, as well as solar eclipses, space weather or other facts and findings on the science of the Sun. Learn more »
Revealing the Physics of the Sun with Parker Solar Probe - NASA
Dec 11, 2019 · Nearly a year and a half into its mission, Parker Solar Probe has returned gigabytes of data on the Sun and its atmosphere. Following the release of the very first science from the mission, five researchers presented additional new findings from Parker Solar Probe at the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union on Dec. 11, 2019.