Solar probe

DNA: NASA's spacecraft ‘touches’ sun, creates history

A NASA spacecraft has officially "touched" the sun, falling through the corona, an unknown region of the solar atmosphere.

Dec 17, 2021, 23:48 PM IST

NASA's entry into the Sun's upper atmosphere 'Corona'

The spacecraft of the US space agency NASA has created history. For the first time in history, a NASA spacecraft has officially “touched” the sun, plunging through the unexplored solar atmosphere known as the corona.

Dec 15, 2021, 15:00 PM IST

Want to touch the Sun? NASA invites the public for first solar mission

NASA renamed the Solar Probe Plus to Parker Solar Probe in May 2017 to honour astrophysicist Eugene Parker. 

Mar 07, 2018, 12:02 PM IST