Parker Solar Probe Completes a Record-Setting Swing by the Sun

Blazing along at space-record speeds that would get it from Earth to the Moon in under an hour, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe completed its 10th close approach to the Sun on November 21, coming within 5.3 million miles (8.5 million kilometers) of the solar surface. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkjns APL/Steve Gribben