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Parker Solar Probe completes closest-ever approach to Sun

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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has sent signal to home after completing its closest-ever sun flyby

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has successfully completed its record-breaking flyby, coming within just 3.8 million miles (6.1 million kilometers) of the solar surface on Christmas Eve.

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Parker Solar Probe survives historic closest-ever flyby of the sun, NASA confirms

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. Now, we know it survived.

History-making probe achieves closest-ever approach to the sun

On Christmas Eve, the Parker Solar Probe became the nearest spacecraft to the sun, flying within a few million miles of the solar surface.

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Why NASA’s Sun-Touching Spacecraft Remains Out Of Contact

NASA's Parker Solar Probe is out of contact with mission control after its closest-ever pass of the sun on Tuesday, Dec. 24.

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

The mission’s close-up with the sun is the culmination of a dream that dates to the dawn of the space age, but progress was ...

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