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Course Correction Keeps Parker Solar Probe on Track for Venus Flyby
Artist’s concept of Parker Solar Probe. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center NASA’s Parker Solar Probe executed a short maneuver on Aug. 3, 2023, that kept the spacecraft on track to hit the aim...
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Durable Parker Solar Probe Going Strong After First Five Years
On Aug. 12, 2018 – five years ago this week – NASA’s Parker Solar Probe blasted off atop a powerful Delta IV rocket from what is now Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The predawn launch into the...
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Venus Flyby Sends Parker Solar Probe Toward Record-Setting Flights Around the...
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe zoomed past Venus on Aug. 21, using the planet’s gravity to aim toward a record-setting series of flights around the Sun that start next month. Standing, from left, Parker...
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Parker Observes Powerful Coronal Mass Ejection ‘Vacuum Up’ Interplanetary Dust
On Sept. 5, 2022, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe soared gracefully through one of the most powerful coronal mass ejections (CMEs) ever recorded – not only an impressive feat of engineering, but a huge boon...
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For the Record: Parker Solar Probe Sets Distance, Speed Marks on 17th Swing...
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe completed its 17th close approach to the Sun on Sept. 27, 2023, breaking its own distance record by skimming just 4.51 million miles (7.26 million kilometers) from the solar...
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Completes 18th Close Approach to the Sun
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe completed its 18th close approach to the Sun on Dec. 28, 2023, matching its own distance record by skimming just about 4.51 million miles (7.26 million kilometers) from the...
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Completes 19th Close Approach to the Sun
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe completed its 19th close approach to the Sun on March 30, matching its own distance record by coming about 4.51 million miles (7.26 million kilometers) from the solar surface....
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Completes 20th Close Approach to the Sun
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe completed its 20th close approach to the Sun on June 30, 2024, matching its own distance record by coming about 4.51 million miles (7.26 million kilometers) from the solar...
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Parker Solar Probe Lines Up for Final Venus Flyby
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe executed a short maneuver on Aug. 26 that kept the spacecraft on course for the mission’s seventh and final planned Venus flyby on Nov. 6. Operating on preprogrammed commands,...
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Parker Solar Probe Completes 21st Close Approach to the Sun
Next Stop: Venus NASA’s Parker Solar Probe completed its 21st close approach to the Sun on Sept. 30, equaling its own distance record by coming within about 4.51 million miles (7.26 million kilometers)...
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