
Parker Solar Probe of NASA intends to ‘touch the Sun’ in 2024
On December 24, 2024, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is scheduled to blast by the sun at an incredible speed of 435,000 mph (195 km/s). No object created by humans has ever come this near to the Sun’s surface before. The distance between the probe and the boiling surface of the star will be only 6.1…