The daring NASA spacecraft made its closest-ever approach to the sun at 6:53 a.m. EST (1153 GMT) on Christmas Eve (Dec. 24).

The spacecraft flew within 3.8 million miles (6.1 million kilometers) of the solar surface to "touch the sun" on Christmas ...

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will swoop toward the fiery surface of the sun on Christmas Eve, traveling closer to the massive star than any human-made object has before. Parker is on course to zoom ...

This Christmas Eve, the Parker Solar Probe will ... “It’ll be inside the upper atmosphere of the sun, literally touching the star,” Nicki Rayl, NASA’s deputy director of heliophysics ...

This Christmas Eve, the Parker Solar Probe will ... “It’ll be inside the upper atmosphere of the sun, literally touching the star,” Nicki Rayl, NASA’s deputy director of heliophysics ...

NASA's record-breaking Parker Solar Probe will smash its own personal bests for proximity to the sun and fastest speed by a human-made object when it whizzes past our star on Christmas Eve (Dec. 24).

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe made a historic attempt to circle the sun at 6:53 a.m. EST on Tuesday, Christmas Eve, which, if successful, would be the closest-ever attempt to do so. The agency will ...

A NASA mission is set to reach its destination - the "uncharted territory" of the sun's surface - by Christmas Eve. The Parker Solar Probe will near the raging flames of the sun on December 24 ...

But on Christmas Eve, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe flew around the sun. At around 6:53 a.m. EST on Tuesday, the probe flew within 3.8 million miles of our solar system’s beacon—closer than any ...

A NASA spacecraft is getting ready for a record-setting "closest-ever flight" to the Sun on Christmas Eve. The Parker Solar Probe launched back in 2018 to examine our local star – and will give ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. NASA's Parker Solar Probe is spending Christmas Eve on a history-making attempt to fly closer to ...