Solar Probe Plus

[FighterJock]

Let's wait and see if it survives the orbit, it will be good if it does. Also good to see what science it brings from the Sun's other side that we cannot usulally see.

 

[Archibald]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1871445025311347066

View: https://twitter.com/CanberraDSN/status/1871445025311347066

Wow. Some people on this planet will have one heck of an exciting Christmas eve ! Barely six million kilometers from the inferno, at 700000 km per hour ?
I have this sneaking suspicion it won't be a snowy Christmas, for that probe...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe celebrates Christmas with record smashing 'kiss' of the sun

The daring NASA spacecraft made its closest-ever approach to the sun at 6:53 a.m. EST (1153 GMT) on Christmas Eve (Dec. 24).

www.space.com

 

[Flyaway]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1871536324035133780

View: https://twitter.com/CanberraDSN/status/1871536324035133780

 

[NMaude]

From the BBC:

A Nasa spacecraft is attempting to make history with the closest-ever approach to the Sun. The Parker Solar Probe is plunging into our star's outer atmosphere to try and help us better understand how the Sun works.

It is out of communication for several days and scientists will be waiting for a signal, expected at 05:00 GMT on 28 December, to see if it has survived.