News Space NASA’s Parker Solar Probe survived its closest approach to the sun The spacecraft will make two more close passes in 2025 NASA’s Parker Solar Probe (illustrated here) is the closest artificial object to the sun. APL/NASA By Lisa Grossman January 2, 2025 at 2:05 pm Share this:Share Share via email (Opens in new window) Email Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to print (Opens in new window) Print 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.
