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NASA’s Parker Probe Just Made Its Final Epic Journey to the Sun
In an unprecedented achievement, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has reached a historic milestone: the spacecraft has successfully completed its third and final approach to within just 3.86 million miles (6 ...
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Parker Solar Probe to make record-setting approach to sun, NASA says - USA TODAY
Within two months of launching, the Parker Solar Probe in October 2018 moved within 26.55 million miles of the sun's surface, breaking the previous mark set by the Helios-2 spaecraft in 1976.
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Parker Solar Probe: First spacecraft to "touch" the sun | Space
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. The ...
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Parker Solar Probe aims to teach us more about the sun : NPR
NASA's Parker Solar Space Probe got closer to the sun than any other human-made object. NPR talks to the scientist behind the project, Nour Rawafi.
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has survived the closest-ever Sun flyby
The Parker Solar Probe was first launched by NASA and Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in 2018. It’s designed to why study the corona — the atmosphere surrounding the sun — gets so hot.
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NASA probe beams home 1st detailed update after record-breaking flyby of sun: "Data scientists have awaited for decades"
NASA probe sets record as closest object to the sun 02:22. NASA's Parker Solar Probe has beamed home its first detailed update eight days after making a record-breaking approach to the sun, the ...
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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 ...
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On Christmas Eve, NASA's Parker Solar Probe got closer than ever to the sun : NPR
On Christmas Eve, 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.
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Will Attempt the Closest Ever Pass of the Sun’s Surface - The New York Times
On Dec. 24 at 6:53 a.m. Eastern time, the Parker Solar Probe, a NASA spacecraft, will pass within 3.8 million miles of the sun’s surface, more than seven times closer than any previous mission has.
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NASA’s Parker probe prepares for solar ‘landing’ this year
NASA plans to complete a Parker solar landing in 2024, ... However, this research is well worth the risk, as the Parker solar probe will open the door to even more data on the sun and its surface.
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Parker Solar Probe completes record-setting approach toward sun: NASA - USA TODAY
Within two months of launching, the Parker Solar Probe in October 2018 moved within 26.55 million miles of the sun's surface, breaking the previous mark set by the Helios-2 spaecraft in 1976.