Nov 20, 2024 · Parker Solar Probe is designed to swoop within about 4 million miles (6.5 million kilometers) of the Sun's surface to trace the flow of energy, to study the heating of the solar corona, and to explore what accelerates the solar wind.

The Parker Solar Probe is the first spacecraft to fly into the low solar corona. It will assess the structure and dynamics of the Sun's coronal plasma and magnetic field, the energy flow that heats the solar corona and impels the solar wind, and the …

Dec 27, 2024 · Breaking its previous record by flying just 3.8 million miles above the surface of the Sun, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe hurtled through the solar atmosphere at a blazing 430,000 miles per hour — faster than any human-made object has ever moved.

Mar 26, 2025 · What is Parker Solar Probe? A scientific mission to unlock the mysteries of the Sun's corona and solar wind. A spacecraft that uses breakthrough technology and autonomy to endure heat and radiation like no other mission.

3 days ago · Parker Solar Probe works under extreme conditions as it gathers data in the Sun’s corona, grazing closer to our star than any spacecraft before. Its four instrument suites characterize the dynamic region close to the Sun by measuring particles and electric and magnetic fields, and each was specially designed to withstand the harsh radiation ...

Mar 7, 2023 · NASA’s Parker Solar Probe (PSP) will be the first-ever mission to “touch” the sun. The spacecraft, about the size of a small car, will travel directly into the sun’s atmosphere about 4 million miles from our star’s surface.

Mar 27, 2025 · Parker Solar Probe operates closer to the Sun than any other spacecraft has ever ventured, at faster speeds than have ever been achieved — all to help us understand how our star affects Earth ...

2 days ago · NASA's Parker Solar Probe has repeated its record-smashing performance of December 2024, swooping down within a scorching 6.1 million kilometers (3.8 million miles) of the Sun's surface. That distance marks the closest any human-made object has ever been to the Sun, with the probe cruising at a breakneck speed of 192 kilometers per second ...

Parker Solar Probe is an extraordinary and historic mission, exploring what is arguably the last region of the solar system to be visited by a spacecraft, the Sun's outer atmosphere or corona as it extends out into space.

Mar 26, 2025 · NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is a groundbreaking mission designed to study the Sun up close, traveling closer to its surface than any spacecraft before. Launched in 2018, the probe is on a mission to explore the Sun’s outer atmosphere, or corona, to better understand solar wind, magnetic fields, and space weather that can affect Earth.