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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Makes a Model Debut at National Air and Space Museum

A full-scale model of Parker Solar Probe, the history-making Johns Hopkins APL-built spacecraft that has flown closer to the ...
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Parker Solar Probe flies through the corona again, matching records

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has flown through the Sun’s corona again, completing its 27th close approach to the star and once ...
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What did Parker Solar Probe discover during its closest Sun flyby? March encounter explained

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe completed its 27th close approach to the Sun in March 2026, gathering data from the corona to improve understanding of solar wind and space weather.
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NASA solar probe becomes first spacecraft to 'touch' the sun

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 ...
Space Coast Daily

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Makes 27th Swing Around the Sun

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe completed its 27th close approach to the Sun on March 11, again matching its record distance of 3.8 million miles (6.2 million kilometers) from the solar surface.
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NASA outlines Parker Solar Probe mission to 'touch the sun'

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' ...

'Miracle': Europe reconnects with lost spacecraft

The European Space Agency announced Thursday it has re-established communication with a spacecraft that is part of its Proba-3 mission, after losing contact with the satellite a month ago.Proba-3, ...