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NASA is about to 'touch' sun. Here's what you need to know.

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When will we know if NASA’s Parker Solar Probe survived ‘touching’ the sun?

NASA's Parker Solar Probe made its closest approach to the sun on4. But did it survive? We're about to find out.

Why NASA’s Sun-Touching Spacecraft Remains Out Of Contact

NASA's Parker Solar Probe is out of contact with mission control after its closest-ever pass of the sun on Tuesday, Dec. 24.

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NASA is about to 'touch' the sun. Here's what you need to know.

NASA's Parker Solar Probe launched in 2018 and has completed 21 close flybys around the sun. However, its mission on Christmas Eve will be unlike any other. At 6:53 a.m. ET, the spacecraft is set to fly the closest to the sun of any human-made object.

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Stranded NASA Astronauts on the ISS Share Christmas Greetings on Social Media

Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore won't be back on Earth before March, but they've got candy canes and Santa hats to celebrate the holiday.

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Stranded NASA astronaut shares Christmas selfie — but everyone is asking the same question

Sunita “Suni” Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore are celebrating the holidays onboard the ISS — but how did they get their Christmas hats?

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How did NASA astronauts get Christmas decorations in space? Social media wants answers

Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams brought Christmas cheer to the ISS, donning Santa hats despite being stranded in orbit since June. Social media buzzed with playful questions about how festive decorations made it on their originally short mission,

Scientists await signal from NASA's Parker Solar Probe after historic close sun flyby. Will it phone home?

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NASA's Hubble and Chandra telescopes discover a strange 'sideways' black hole in a cosmic crime scene

What knocked this black hole over onto its side? It's a cosmic "whodunnit" that NASA scientists using the Hubble and Chandra ...

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Why Do People Think NASA Has Discovered a 'Parallel Universe'?

Let's set the record straight: NASA has not found a parallel universe. The claims making the rounds on social media are not ...

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What does the NASA administrator do?

NASA administrators play a vital role in deciding what NASA does and how it does it, and they also help build political ...

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NASA's Parker Solar Probe completes historic Christmas Eve flyby of the sun — but it could take days to know if it survived

NASA's Parker Solar Probe flew closer to the sun than any human-made object ever — a stunning technological feat that ...

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NASA Puts New Artemis Moon Rovers to the Test

With humans slated to return to the moon this decade, NASA has been testing new lunar vehicles in simulated low gravity.

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How NASA Might Change Under Donald Trump

The transition team has been grappling with an agency that has a superfluity of field centers—ten spread across the United ...

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‘Marvel of engineering’: Aviation analyst on probe that is attempting to ‘touch the sun’

The Parker Solar Probe will zoom by the sun on Tuesday during a record-breaking flyby, coming within 3.8 million miles (6.1 ...

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