The 20 Most Important NASA Spacecraft Active in 2023 (And What They're Up to in Space)
23 Dec 2023, 09:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA has over 100 active missions, each with their own accompanying spacecraft. We narrowed the list down to the 20 most impressive ones.
NASA's Parker Solar Probe Drag Races Through Coronal Explosion, Lives to Collect Data
20 Sep 2023, 16:55 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / A careful study of the data the Parker Solar Probe collected during the incident seems to comport with a research paper published in 2003.
Solar Wind Moves at 1 Million MPH And We Now Have An(other) Idea on How It Gets Going
12 Jan 2023, 12:25 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Parker Solar Probe data compiled with data from other instruments point to solar jetlets as the likely cause of solar winds
Parker Solar Probe: The Bugatti Chiron of NASA Space Probes, Six Decades in the Making
11 Dec 2022, 14:20 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The proposal for an ultra-high-speed space probe designed solely to study the atmosphere of our Sun stretches back to 1958 and the foundation of NASA itself.
The Sun Is Getting Increasingly Nervous as Fastest Spacecraft Ever Approaches It Once More
2 Sep 2022, 09:38 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Parker Solar Probe is getting ready to make its 13th close approach to the Sun, at a time when it could encounter solar flares
Fastest Spacecraft Ever Made Did (and Didn’t) Touch the Sun, Here’s Why It’s Complicated
18 Dec 2021, 12:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA announced last week the Parker Solar Probe touched the Sun, three years after it left Earth on a mission to better understand our star
NASA Spacecraft Touches the Sun for the First Time, Lives to Tell the Story
15 Dec 2021, 02:22 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Recently, NASA's Parker Solar Probe, has reached where no other spacecraft has: the Sun's atmosphere. The probe successfully uncovered incredible mysteries
Spacecraft Hits Speeds That Could Make the Earth-Moon Distance an Under-One-Hour Trip
29 Nov 2021, 23:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Parker Solar Probe hit speeds of 364,660 miles per hour (586,864 kph) during its tenth pass around the Sun, it's a record according to NASA
Solar Orbiter Sees Venus Rising From Really Close, Planet Looks Like an Eclipsed Sun
13 Aug 2021, 15:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The joint American-European Solar Orbiter got within 4,967 miles (7,995 km) of the Venus surface and captured these incredible images
Parker Solar Probe Zips Past Venus at Record Speed, Detects a Radio Signal
3 May 2021, 15:14 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / On April 29th, NASA's Parker Solar Probe reached a record speed, but did not miss the chance to collect some information about Venus' ionoshpere.
Fastest Spacecraft Ever Passes by Venus, Sends Back Amazing Postcard
6 Mar 2021, 11:41 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Parker Solar Probe nailed its fourth Venus encounter at the end of last month, team that runs the spacecraft releases amazing shot of the planet
The Sun Sheds Some of Its Secrets in First Ever Parker Solar Probe Reports
5 Dec 2019, 09:10 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Parker Solar Probe studied the Sun from a distance of 15 million miles, less than half the distance Mercury usually spins around the star
This Is How Solar Wind Flowing by a Spacecraft Looks Like in Space
13 Aug 2019, 12:17 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA released this week images of the solar wind passing by the Parker Solar Probe, millions of miles away from planet Earth
NASA Looking into 22 GB of Parker Solar Probe Data, Found No Aliens Yet
6 Aug 2019, 10:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / By the end of this month, the Parker Solar Probe would have sent back nearly 50 GB of data from its voyages around the Sun
Fastest Spacecraft in History Completes First Orbit of the Sun
4 Feb 2019, 15:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / During its 24 runs around the Sun, the probe will use four instrument suites to gather data relevant to the understanding of the Sun’s fundamental physics
Parker Solar Probe Snaps a Shot of the Milky Way as It Heads for the Sun
23 Sep 2018, 09:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A shot taken from space of the Milky Way was sent back by the Parker Solar Probe, showing the star Antares-alpha as the birghtest in the shot.
NASA Begins Powering Parker Solar Probe Instruments
20 Aug 2018, 11:51 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After one week in space, NASA begins powering up the instrument suites on the Parker Solar Probe, getting it ready for its mission.
NASA Explains How The Parker Solar Probe Will Not go Straight For The Sun
16 Aug 2018, 13:09 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA releases a video detailing the route the Parker Solar Probe will be taking to get close to the Sun in the coming years
NASA Going for the Sun with Fastest Spacecraft in History
13 Aug 2018, 06:49 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Parker Solar Probe left Earth on Sunday, accelerating towards the Sun until it will reach the fastest speed ever for man-made object, 430,000 mph.
NASA Delays Mission to the Sun
19 Jul 2018, 12:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA will not be launching the Parker Solar Probe on its mission to the Sun after it found several glitches in need of fixing