Parker Solar Probe aims to fly closer to sun than ever before
Hindustan Times|December 23, 2024
A NASA spacecraft aims to fly closer to the sun than any object sent before.
Associated Press

NEW YORK:

The Parker Solar Probe was launched in 2018 to get a close-up look at the sun. Since then, it has flown straight through the sun's corona: the outer atmosphere visible during a total solar eclipse.

The next milestone: closest approach to the sun. Plans call for Parker on Tuesday to hurtle through the sizzling solar atmosphere and pass within a record-breaking six million kilometers of the sun's surface.

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