Mission teams will lose direct contact with Parker probe while it passes 3.8 million miles from sun’s surface Nasa’s pioneering Parker solar probe is poised to make its closest ever approach of the sun on Christmas Eve, a record-setting 3.8m miles (6.2m km) from the surface.Launched in August 2018, the spaceship is on a seven-year mission to deepen scientific understanding of our star and help forecast space weather events that can affect life on Earth. Continue reading...
NASA's Parker solar probe is attempting its closest ever flyby of the sun, aiming to gather data and deepen scientific understanding of the sun and its influence on space weather. This "perihelion" approach marks a key milestone in the probe's seven-year mission.
