Spacecraft buzzes Mercury's north pole and beams back stunning photos
The European Space Agency released stunning snapshots showing the permanently shadowed craters at the top of our solar system ...
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe safe after historic closest-ever approach to sun
A NASA spacecraft made history and is safe after making the closest-ever approach to the sun. On Tuesday, the Parker Solar Probe hurtled through the sizzling solar atmosphere and passed within a ...
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NASA's Solar Probe flying faster and closer than ever to the sun | The Sky Guy
NASA is getting up close and personal with the Sun. On Christmas Eve the Parker Solar Probe flew closer to the Sun than any spacecraft, orbiting 10 times closer than the planet Mercury.
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe whizzes within 3.8 million miles of sun, setting a record
NASA's Parker Solar Probe has survived an up-close encounter with the sun, officially coming closer to the fiery star than any other spacecraft before it. The record-breaking solar approach took ...
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NASA spacecraft survives closest-ever approach to the sun
A NASA spacecraft is "safe" after making the closest ... flying past Venus to use the planet's gravity to move it into a tighter orbit.
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NASA spacecraft successfully completes closest-ever approach to the sun
This image made available by NASA shows an artist's rendering of the Parker Solar Probe approaching the sun. NASA said on Friday that its Parker Solar Probe was 'safe' and operating normally after ...
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Scientists still don't fully understand why some planets have hundreds of moons while others have none
Smaller planets like Mercury have a tiny Hill sphere radius ... She has worked on several astronomy research projects through NITARP (NASA/IPAC Teacher Achieve Research Program) where she has ...
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How They Celebrated the Holidays 250 Miles Above Earth
NASA officials revised the Mars Sample Return mission to reduce the budget and bring red planet rocks to Earth sooner than planned, but they will leave the final decisions about the effort to the ...
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NASA probe expected to make history with closest approach to the sun
A NASA spacecraft may have made history ... So how they operate and how their space weather and planets are influenced by their star." ...
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NASA Spacecraft ‘Touches Sun’ In Defining Moment For Humankind
On Tuesday, Dec. 24, NASA's Parker Solar Probe got to within ... At 96% of the distance between the sun and Earth — well within the orbit of Mercury, at about 39% — it is the closest ...
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NASA's Parker Probe: Fastest object ever built to make closest approach to sun today
Pic: NASA / John Hopkins / APL The front of the spacecraft is expected to reach 1,400C, and mission scientists won't know whether it has survived until it signals back to Earth that all is well on ...
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The Fastest Spacecraft Ever Heads for Its Close-Up With the Sun
The bright object near the center of the image is Mercury ... calendar. NASA officials revised the Mars Sample Return mission to reduce the budget and bring red planet rocks to Earth sooner ...