Scientists await signal from NASA's Parker Solar Probe after historic close sun flyby. Will it phone home?
On the heels of a NASA spacecraft's historic close flyby of the sun on Christmas Eve, scientists on Earth have one question on their minds: Did their probe survive as an epic Christmas gift, or is it a burned up lump of coal in space?
NASA's Parker Solar Probe is out of contact with mission control after its closest-ever pass of the sun on Tuesday, Dec. 24.
Early on Christmas Eve in 2024, a NASA craft swooped at blazing speed through the sun's atmosphere.
The concept of touching the Sun can be traced back to the ancient Greek myth of Icarus, but scientists at NASA have turned ...
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe made its closest approach to the sun early Tuesday, getting within just 4% of the Earth-sun ...
The mission’s close-up with the sun is the culmination of a dream that dates to the dawn of the space age, but progress was thwarted for decades by the complexity of the task. One particular obstacle ...
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