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NASA Probe Completes Historic Closest-Ever Approach to Sun

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On Christmas Eve , NASA 's Parker Solar Probe flew 3.8 million miles above the sun's surface at a historic 430,000 miles per hour.

The agency announced the news on Friday, Dec. 27 , a day after it received a beacon tone confirming that the spacecraft had safely survived the encounter and continued operating normally.

The probe was launched in 2018 and first entered the solar atmosphere in 2021 .