The team can now rest easy knowing that themissions most daunting questwas successful.
At that distance, the solar probe broke its own record for closest solar approach by a spacecraft.
The Parker Solar Probe launched in August 2018 with a mission to touch the Sun.
An artist’s impression of the Parker Solar Probe approaching the Sun.NASA
With each approach, the solar probe inched its way closer to the surface of the Sun.
This weeks flyby is the first of three close approaches to the Sun made at the same distance.
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