The Fastest Spacecraft Ever Heads for Its Close-Up With the Sun
The mission’s close-up with the sun is the culmination of a dream that dates to the dawn of the space age, but progress was thwarted for decades by the complexity of the task. One particular obstacle is the immense energy required to propel a probe toward the sun.
Space on MSN4h
SpaceX's big year: The new records and feats Elon Musk's space company achieved in 2024SpaceX launched 98 orbital missions in 2023, a new record for the company at the time — but it left that mark in the dust ...
Hosted on MSN2d
A NASA Spacecraft Will 'Touch' the Sun on Christmas Eve, Flying Closer to the Star Than Any Probe BeforeThe holiday season is a busy time for humankind’s sun-surfing spacecraft. This Christmas Eve, the Parker Solar Probe will be ...
For better or for worse, a small part of the Apollo 11 spacecraft will now be Jon Mesick's to have and to hold for all the ...
To get so close, the Parker Solar Probe had to withstand the sun's extreme heat and radiation like no spacecraft before it.
Almost no one ever writes about the Parker Solar Probe anymore.
NASA shared a slow motion video of the forward bay cover jettison test, which was completed on Nov. 23. The test demonstrated ...
The space agency released footage of engineers assessing the Orion craft's essential launch abort system, wherein a cover ...
Astronomy on MSN2d
How do spacecraft avoid collisions in the asteroid belt?The main belt located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter is so sparsely populated that spacecraft pass through as though ...
The Parker Solar Probe is the fastest human-made object ever, reaching speeds of 430,000 miles per hour on its path toward ...
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results
Feedback