The first in human history! NASA's spacecraft will be at the closest distance to the Sun.

A first in human history will take place. According to the website of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Parker probe has been orbiting closer to the Sun since its launch in 2018.

IT WILL REACH RECORD CLOSENESS

By conducting its final planned flyby of Venus on November 6, the Parker probe will be better prepared to reach its closest position to the Sun, achieving record closeness by passing just 6.1 million kilometers from the Sun's surface on December 24. While it is at its closest position to the Sun, Parker will lose contact with Earth due to signal transmission restrictions and will not be able to send signals until December 27. By the end of January 2025, it will be positioned in an orbit where it can clearly see Earth and will begin sending the scientific data it collected during its closest approach to the Sun.

HAD OBTAINED THE TITLE OF FASTEST HUMAN-MADE OBJECT

The Parker probe, which is expected to have temperatures of 1400 degrees on the shields of its outer front, will also break its own speed record while passing close to the Sun. During its 17th close approach on September 27, 2023, when it came within 7.26 million kilometers of the Sun, Parker moved at a speed exceeding 635,000 kilometers per hour, earning the title of the fastest human-made object.

The Parker probe, launched in August 2018, aims to gather information about the sources of solar winds, magnetic fields, and plasma dynamics.