Parker Solar Probe Breaks Record, Becomes Closest Spacecraft to Sun

By Sarah Frazier | NASA ZGoddard Space Flight Center on Oct 31, 2018   Featured, Science/Education  

Parker Solar Probe now holds the record for closest approach to the Sun by a human-made object. The spacecraft passed the current record of 26.55 million miles from the Sun’s surface on Oct. 29, 2018, at about 1:04 p.m. EDT, as calculated by the Parker Solar Probe team. The previous record for closest solar approach […]