“Flying this close to the Sun is a historic moment in humanity’s first mission to a star,” notes Nicky Fox, head of the Science Mission Directorate at NASA headquarters in Washington. “By studying the ...

Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech illustration For both new approaches, the mission’s landing system would carry a smaller version of the MAV. The platform’s solar panels would be swapped for a ...

Two new potential strategies for returning crucial samples from Mars to Earth by the 2030s are now on the table, according to NASA ... shed light on the early solar system before life began ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This image provided by NASA shows Perseverance rover capturing a portrait of its recently completed sample ...

NASA's Parker Solar ... to make before," Parker Solar Probe Project Manager Helene Winters said in a statement. "From the heat shield to the solar array cooling system, there was so much enabling ...

NASA has confirmed that its Parker Solar Probe is safe and fully operational after its Christmas Eve close encounter with the Sun. On December 24, 2024, the robotic probe came within a record 3.8 ...

In the early days of January 2025, NASA is closely monitoring the paths ... such space objects to enhance our understanding of the solar system and improve planetary defense strategies.

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. EST on December 24. It came ...

On New Year's Day, NASA's Parker Solar Probe added to the festive cheer by sending home more good news about its record-breaking closest-ever approach to the sun. On Wednesday (Jan. 1), mission ...

The outer (black-and-white) image is a running difference image captured by the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO). Credit: Inner image courtesy of NASA/SDO and the AIA science team ...

"Getting this close to the sun is a historic moment in our quest to uncover the mysteries of our nearest star," said Nicky Fox, associate administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate. "By ...

Launched in 2018, the Parker Solar Probe was developed as part of NASA’s Living With a Star program to explore aspects of the Sun-Earth system that directly affect life and society on Earth. It is ...