Venus Close Pass To Nudge Parker Solar Probe Nearest Ever To Sun

Parker Solar Probe

Credit: Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
HOUSTON—NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will make its seventh and final close approach to Venus’ surface on Nov. 6 for a gravity assist to place it on a trajectory to soar within 3.86 million mi. of the Sun’s surface on Dec. 24, the closest any human space probe has come to a star. The $1.6 billion...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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