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Launched in August, Parker is on track to set another record late Monday night. It will surpass Helios-2â€²s speed record of 153,454 miles per hour. (Photo: AP)

NASA spacecraft sets record for closest approach to sun

Parker will make 24 close approaches to the sun over the next seven years, ultimately coming within just 3.8 million...

30 Oct 2018 9:45 AM IST

NASA wont re-establish contact until Parker is far enough from the sun to avoid radio interference. (Ed Whitman/NASA via AP, File)

NASA's Parker spacecraft makes 1st close approach to sun

The Parker Solar Probe flew within 15 million miles (24 million kilometers) of the sun's surface Monday night.

9 Nov 2018 11:43 AM IST

This image made available by NASA shows an artists rendering of the Parker Solar Probe approaching the Sun. (Photo: AP)

Spacecraft enters Sun's corona for first time in history

The corona is the outermost layer of the Sun's atmosphere where strong magnetic fields prevent turbulent solar winds...

15 Dec 2021 10:28 AM IST

The launch of the United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket carrying the spacecraft was scrubbed on Saturday due to a violation of a launch limit, resulting in a hold. (Photo: NASA | Twitter)

Parker Solar Probe: World's first mission to touch Sun lifts off, says...

Liftoff took place from Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in the US early on Sunday.

12 Aug 2018 1:24 PM IST

Engineers are taking utmost caution with the USD 1.5 billion Parker Solar Probe, which Thomas Zurbuchen, head of NASAs science mission directorate, described as one of the agencys most strategically important missions. (Photo: AFP)

Minutes before lift-off, launch of spacecraft to explore Sun postponed

The reason for delay was not immediately clear, but was called for after a gaseous helium alarm was sounded in last...

11 Aug 2018 4:00 PM IST

NASA is counting down on August 10 to the launch of a USD 1.5 billion spacecraft that aims to plunge into the Suns sizzling atmosphere and become humanitys first mission to explore a star. (Photo: AFP)

NASA minutes away from launch of first spacecraft to explore Sun

NASA's car-sized, USD 1.5 bn Parker Solar Probe is scheduled to launch on Delta IV Heavy rocket during a 65-minute...

11 Aug 2018 1:38 PM IST