In 2018, NASA launched a mission to do something that scientists have never done before. The Parker Solar Probe mission is truly the first of… ...

Once it enters into its orbit around the sun on Christmas Eve, Parker—which is around the size of a small car—is estimated to be traveling at around 430,000 miles per hour, according to NASA.

NASA had a big year in 2018 with several bold new missions to study various features of our Solar System, and one of the most exciting was the launch of the Parker Solar Probe which will study the ...

Once it enters into its orbit around the sun on Christmas Eve, Parker—which is around the size of a small car—is estimated to be traveling at around 430,000 miles per hour, according to NASA.

Now, NASA reports that Parker has completed a full orbit of the sun, and it's diving back for another pass. Parker entered full operational status on Jan. 1 with all systems operating normally.

Another cloud of Russian space debris has bloomed in orbit. An Earth-orbiting object cataloged as #32398 broke up on April 15, the U.S. Space Force's 18th Space Defense Squadron tweeted on Tuesday ...

This latest motor breakup incident is adding to the mounting problem of space debris, or space junk, caught in Earth’s orbit. “When I saw this, I was massively unsurprised,” he said.

When the Parker Solar Probe launched from Florida on August 12, 2018, it was the last time it would see Earth. It's not known exactly how the probe will meet its demise, but Mr Driesman gave UK's ...