NASA is about to make history. Its Parker Solar Probe is set to fly closer to the sun than any object in history. The mission ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Sixty years after NASA set the goal, and three years after its Parker Solar Probe launched, the spacecraft has become the first to "touch the sun." The Parker Solar Probe has ...

NASA announced on Wednesday that the agency's "unprecedented" mission to "touch the sun" will be named after the renowned astrophysicist Eugene Parker, whose work has revolutionized scientists' ...

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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe made the closest flyby of the sun ever made by a spacecraft in Dec. 25. See the views it captured ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A spacecraft launched next year will get closer to the sun than any other man made object in history and this mission has a connection to the University of Chicago. The spacecraft ...

Artist’s concept of the Parker Solar Probe spacecraft approaching the Sun. Credit: NASA HOUSTON—The two-time record-setting Parker Solar Probe confirmed the health of its operating systems and ...

The probe will have to withstand heat and radiation never previously experienced by any spacecraft, but the mission will also address questions that couldn't be answered before. Understanding the sun ...

STOCKTON, Calif., July 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Applied Aerospace is honored to be recognized as a contributing partner to NASA's Parker Solar Probe mission, which has been awarded the prestigious 2024 ...

Samantha Magill (NAA vice chair, center) awards the Collier Trophy to Nicki Fox (Associate Administrator, NASA Science Mission Directorate, and former Parker Solar Probe Project Scientist), Andy ...