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NASA's Parker Solar Probe gathers data from Sun's corona again, equals distance and speed records

The probe completed its 27th closest approach to the Sun this March.
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NASA solar probe becomes first spacecraft to 'touch' the sun

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Sixty years after NASA set the goal, and three years after its Parker Solar Probe launched, the spacecraft has become the first to "touch the sun." The Parker Solar Probe has ...

NASA's Van Allen Probe A to re-enter atmosphere

NASA's Van Allen Probe A is expected to reenter Earth's atmosphere almost 14 years after launch. From 2012 to 2019, the ...
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Makes a Model Debut at National Air and Space Museum

A full-scale model of Parker Solar Probe, the history-making Johns Hopkins APL-built spacecraft that has flown closer to the ...
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Makes 27th Swing Around the Sun

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe completed its 27th close approach to the Sun on March 11, again matching its record distance of 3.8 ...

NASA spacecraft makes an uncontrolled plunge back to Earth

A spacecraft plunged back into Earth’s atmosphere early Wednesday. While most of the probe was expected to burn up during ...
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NASA places James Webb telescope test structure and Parker Solar Probe model on permanent display at Smithsonian museum

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Optical Telescope Element Pathfinder and Parker Solar Probe models are now on permanent ...

A mission NASA might kill is still returning fascinating science from Jupiter

Researchers used data recorded by Juno in 2021 and 2022, after NASA granted an extension to the spacecraft’s operations upon completing a five-year science campaign at Jupiter. Juno remains in good ...

1,300-pound NASA satellite re-enters Earth's atmosphere after 14 years in space

The Van Allen probe's mission was meant to last two years, but ended up going for nearly seven.