Apollo 8 was the first mission where humans orbited the moon and returned home, marking a huge step forward in human and ...

On Christmas Eve, the Parker Solar Probe came within 3.8 million miles of the sun’s surface while moving at 430,000 miles per ...

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe skimmed the sun on Christmas Eve and lived to tell the tale. The heat-hardened spacecraft made its closest solar flyby yet at 6:53 a.m. EST on December 24. It came within 6.1 ...

Nasa said the probe was "safe" and operating normally after it passed just 3.8 million miles (6.1 million km) from the solar ...

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The spacecraft survived scorching temperatures at a record proximity, and is expected to send details of its close call in ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe has survived an up-close encounter with the sun, coming closer to the fiery star than any other spacecraft before it.

NASA received a beacon tone from the heavily armored spacecraft as it emerged from behind the sun three days after its close encounter with the sun on Christmas Eve. The probe had been out of ...

Space station crews spend the holidays away from family and friends, but that doesn’t stop them from celebrating in space.

To add to the sun’s historic year, a Nasa spacecraft made history as it approached close to the sun! Parker Solar Probe traveled at 430-thousand miles per hour to the sun on Christmas Eve ...

Image A view of the rising Earth greeted Apollo 8 astronauts as they approached from behind the moon on Christmas Eve 1968.Credit...NASA A NASA spokesman said the Starliner astronauts, along with ...

They are between 1 million and 5 million years old. On Instagram, NASA posted photos of the beautiful and festive cluster on Christmas Eve. See the photos below. NASA described that the stars ...