NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is now the closest object to the Sun that weve ever sent into space. On Oct. 29,2018, at approximately 1:04 p.m. EDT, and NASA’s probe broke the faded record for the close-to-Sun distance of 42.73 million km (26.55 million miles). That record was held by the German-American Helios 2 spacecraft in … Continue reading "Parker Solar Probe Became the Closest Thing We’ve Ever Sent to the Sun. And it’s Just Getting Started."The post Parker Solar Probe Became the Closest Thing We’ve Ever Sent to the Sun. And it’s Just Getting Started. appeared first on Universe Today.
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