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A NASA Spacecraft Is About to Fly Through Sun

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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.

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.

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

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'We are preparing to make history': NASA's Parker Solar Probe gears up for epic sun flyby on Christmas Eve

Among its other discoveries, the Parker Solar Probe has also provided the first compelling evidence for the long-theorized but elusive dust-free zone around the sun, which is created by sunlight heating cosmic dust to high temperatures and turning it into gas.

NASA video explains why the Parker Solar Probe won’t melt as it approaches the sun

NASA's daring Parker Solar Probe is gearing up to fly into the Sun to glean the secrets of our star's megahot winds, Ars Technica reports. Ev

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A Spacecraft Is About to Fly Into the Sun’s Atmosphere for the First Time

Almost no one ever writes about the Parker Solar Probe anymore.

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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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Watch the sun unleash 'extremely rare' solar storm in explosive eruption (video)

Yesterday, Dec. 17, the sun fired out an 'extremely rare' farside coronal mass ejection (CME) — a vast plume of plasma and magnetic field.

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NASA to make a historically close trip to the sun

In the past year, there has been a total solar eclipse, Northern Lights sightings, and many more beautiful displays across ...

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Unlocking the Sun’s Fiery Secrets: NASA’s PUNCH Mission Set for Early 2025 Launch

NASA’s PUNCH mission will study the Sun’s corona and solar wind with four satellites. NASA and SpaceX plan to launch NASA’s ...

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NASA head Bill Nelson offers advice for successor in farewell interview

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson gave a farewell interview from Kennedy Space Center offering up some advice for his likely ...

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NASA’s 2 stuck astronauts face more time in space with return delayed until at least late March

NASA's two stuck astronauts just got their space mission extended again. That means they won't be back until spring, 10 ...

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NASA names agency veteran as deputy manager of deep space program

NASA has named a space agency veteran as deputy manager of its Gateway program, central to the Artemis mission to return to ...

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