Today the fastest moving human object ever made came the closest to a star we have ever gotten, with the Parker Solar Probe

“The mission’s close-up with the sun is the culmination of a dream that dates to the dawn of the space age” — generations have worked on this project 

A heat shield of carbon foam only a few inches thick protects the internals of the craft from the sun’s heat — temperatures so hot they can melt any metal 

The spacecraft will be out of contact until Dec. 27, when Parker is scheduled to send a message back to Earth confirming its health.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/24/science/nasa-parker-solar-probe-sun.html?unlocked_article_code=1.j04.AGdc.btmyaHiq-6LP&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&tgrp=off

My son recently did a report on the Parker Solar Probe. It really is an insane scientific achievement.

For context, if the distance between Earth and the Sun was the equivalent to the length of an American football field, the spacecraft would have been about four yards from the end zone, moving at 430,000 MPH 🤯

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Omg he made a replica probe. This is better than I ever dreamed. This is so cool

He probably knows! But zero matter/crazy gravitational pull would be my guess.

That’s amazing! Did your son mention how they managed to get the probe to reach such insane speeds?
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He was excited to tell me all about it, and I was more than happy to learn about it. It truly is fascinating.

that’s quite incredible! The Parker Solar Probe is truly next-level science. I bet you’re proud of him!

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He was pretty proud of it, given he constructed it in a couple hours with materials he could find in the house. ☺️

So nice to see this! Cool miniature too :)

Indeed, it's insane scientific achievement. Science is surprising us day by day.

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Isn’t that nuts? And 4% is still like 3.8 million miles (6.1 million kilometers), which is also crazy to think about.

So it's just 4% away from 'touching' the Sun? That’s wild! 🚀


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Yeah, it’s hard to comprehend something moving that fast and being so far away, yet still being able to contact earth.