NASA's Parker Solar Probe has confirmed its fifth closest flyby of the Sun with a radio blip
probe confirmed on Tuesday, June 9, the success of its fifth closest pass or perihelion of the Sun. The Parker Solar Probe signalled NASA with a radio beacon tone after it skimmed the Sun from within 11.5 million miles of its surface. The spacecraft also matched a speed record it previously set on January 29th, on its fourth closest pass of the Sun.NASA's Parker Solar Probe, designed to"touch the Sun", is studying the Sun's atmosphere or corona.
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