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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe survives its first close-up solar encounter
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will perform 24 orbits around the Sun with the next close solar passes occurring on 22 March and 19 ...
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History-making closeup of our sun will come Christmas Eve — if the probe doesn’t melt
The big question is whether the NASA probe will endure the sun’s intense heat ... visiting the only star we can study up close,” NASA says. The 1,510-pound probe’s mission is to help ...
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The Fastest Spacecraft Ever Heads for Its Close-Up With the Sun
But it will never venture any closer to 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 thwarted for decades ...
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Becomes The Closest Object To The Sun And Breaks The Record For Fastest Spacecraft Ever
The Parker Solar Probe has recently conducted its record breaking pass with the sun. During this pass, it broke the record ...