Dec 27, 2024 · NASA’s mission to “touch” the Sun has confirmed that it survived its record-breaking closest approach to the Sun’s surface on Dec. 24. Breaking its previous record by flying just 3.8 million miles (around 6.1 million kilometers) above the surface of the Sun, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe hurtled through the solar atmosphere at a blazing 430,000 miles per hour (692,000 kilometers per hour ...

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Dec 20, 2024 · NASA and SpaceX are now targeting as soon as September 2025 for the launch of the agency’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) spacecraft, which is currently undergoing integration and testing at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland. The new date provides additional time for …

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Oct 14, 2024 · Racing against a backdrop of a bright blue sky in the midday Sun, NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft climbed into the sky atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket on Oct. 14.. Lifting off at 12:06 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, Europa Clipper’s successful launch marks the first step in the mission’s 5.5-year journey to Jupiter ...