Since it launched Aug. 12, 2018, NASA's Parker Solar Probe has made 11 of the 24 planned approaches with the sun. But just how close will it get to our solar system's massive star?
As NASA puts it, 'For the first time in history, a spacecraft has touched the Sun.' The Parker Solar Probe recently flew through the Sun's upper atmosphere, the corona, and sampled particles and magnetic fields.
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The Parker Solar Probe has entered, for the first time, the Sun’s magnetic atmosphere, where it started to gather data that could unravel the greatest mysteries of solar physics.