The spacecraft passed the current record of 26 55 million miles from the sun s surface on oct.
Nasa parker solar probe speed.
The spacecraft traveled 11 6 million miles from the sun s surface at perihelion reaching a speed of 244 225 miles per hour.
On monday the spacecraft reached a record breaking speed of 213 200 mph.
29 2018 at about 1 04 p m.
The parker solar probe will revolutionize our understanding of the sun where changing conditions can propagate out into the solar system affecting earth and other worlds.
The parker solar probe abbreviated psp.
Illustration of parker solar probe approaching the sun.
Nasa s parker solar probe will be the first ever mission to touch the sun.
Read more about parker solar probe s record making mission.
Nasa s parker solar probe is on its first of 24 close passes around the sun.
Previously solar probe solar probe plus or solar probe is a nasa robotic spacecraft launched in 2018 with the mission of making observations of the outer corona of the sun.
The spacecraft about the size of a small car will travel directly into the sun s atmosphere about 4 million miles from our star s surface.
Parker solar probe will swoop to within 4 million miles of the sun s surface facing heat and radiation like no spacecraft before it.
Humanity s first visit to a star nasa.
It will approach to within 9 86 solar radii 6 9 million km or 4 3 million miles from the center of the sun and by 2025 will travel at closest approach as fast as 690 000 km h.
Nasa johns hopkins apl steve gribben.
12 2018 parker solar probe will provide new data on solar activity and make critical contributions to our ability to forecast major space weather events that impact life on earth.
29 2020 nasa s parker solar probe broke speed and distance records as it completed its fourth close approach of the sun.
Edt as calculated by the parker solar probe team.
The spacecraft traveled 11 6 million miles from the sun s surface at perihelion reaching a speed of 244 225 miles per hour.
For comparison the voyager 1 spacecraft launched back in 1977 is currently traveling at about 38 000 mph 61 000 km h according to nasa less than 10 percent of the parker solar probe s.