NASA's Parker Solar Probe executed a small maneuver on May 15, 2021, that put the probe on newly optimized path for its next Venus gravity assist on Oct. 16.
Course Correction Points Parker Solar Probe to Next Venus Flyby
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe executed a small maneuver on May 15, 2021, that put the probe on newly optimized path for its next Venus gravity assist on Oct. 16.
On May 2, 2021, mission controllers received a "tone one" beacon from Parker Solar Probe, indicating that all systems were healthy and operating normally after the spacecraft's eighth close approach to the Sun.
NASA's Parker Solar Probe has started its eighth science-gathering solar encounter, putting it one-third of the way through its planned journey of 24 progressively closer loops around the Sun.
NASA's Parker Solar Probe speeds past Venus on Feb. 20, 2021, using the planet's gravity to shape its path for its next close approaches to the Sun.
There are lots of eyes on the Sun this week, as NASA's Parker Solar Probe swings around our star on the seventh of its 24 scheduled orbits.
NASA's Parker Solar Probe will make its next close approach to the Sun on Jan. 17, 2021, during its seventh science-gathering orbit around our star.
Data from Parker Solar Probe's fifth orbit around the Sun is now available to the public.
Zooming away from the Sun, NASA's Parker Solar Probe checked in with its operators on Earth early on Sept. 30, 2020, letting them know it's healthy and operating normally.
Propelled by a midsummer flyby of Venus, NASA's Parker Solar Probe has started yet another record-setting, science-gathering swing around the Sun, its sixth flyby of our star.
Just over a month after Parker Solar Probe marked two action-packed years in space, the mission to "touch" the Sun released another trove of data to the public on Sept. 15.
