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NASA's Parker Solar Probe makes historic approach to the sun

NASA's Parker Solar Probe completes historic Christmas Eve flyby of the sun — but it could take days to know if it survived

NASA's Parker Solar Probe flew closer to the sun than any human-made object ever — a stunning technological feat that scientists liken to the historic Apollo moon landing in 1969.

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NASA's Parker Solar Probe celebrates Christmas with record smashing 'kiss' of the sun

The daring NASA spacecraft made its closest-ever approach to the sun at 6:53 a.m. EST (1153 GMT) on Christmas Eve (Dec. 24).

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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.

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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe makes historic Christmas Eve flight through Sun's atmosphere

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe made history Tuesday morning when it flew through the atmosphere of the Sun, becoming the closest human-made object to reach a star. The spacecraft was launched in ...

The Fastest Spacecraft Ever Heads for Its Close-Up With the Sun

The Parker Solar Probe is attempting the closest ever pass of the sun’s surface on Christmas Eve. An image from the Parker Solar Probe’s WISPR instrument of a coronal streamer of the sun, about 16.9 ...

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NASA's Parker Solar Probe makes historic approach to the sun

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