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A NASA probe just flew through the Sun’s atmosphere closer than ever — skimming plasma hot enough to melt steel and beaming the data back home

On December 24, 2024, while most of the world was settling into Christmas Eve, a spacecraft the size of a small car was hurtling through the Sun’s outer atmosphere at roughly 430,000 miles per hour.
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Solar probe launch delayed due to a technical glitch

The launch of NASA’s $1.5 billion Parker Solar Probe atop a heavy-lift Delta 4 Heavy rocket was scrubbed at the last minute early Saturday because of a technical glitch that could not be resolved ...
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Parker Solar Probe makes another record breaking flyby of the Sun

The Parker Solar Probe, a spacecraft designed to study the Sun up close, reached a major milestone today by making its closest approach ever to our star. Traveling at 430,000 miles per hour, the probe ...
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NASA Selects Rocket Lab to Launch Sun, Earth Sciences Missions

LONG BEACH, Calif., June 25, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced it has been selected by NASA to ...