The Parker Solar Probe is approaching the Sun for its 11th perihelion – the point in its orbit closest to the Sun. In a series of tweets, NASA said that the spacecraft will come within 5.3 million miles from the Sun on Friday, February 25, 2022.
The Parker Solar Mission is the first-ever mission to touch and unlock the mysteries of the Sun’s atmosphere. Launched on August 12, 2018, Parker will provide new data on solar activity and make critical contributions to the scientific community’s ability to forecast major space-weather events that impact life on Earth.
Parker will perform seven Venus flybys over nearly seven years to more precisely set its trajectory toward the Sun. The spacecraft’s seventh and final flyby will happen in November 2024.
At its closest approach, the Parker Solar Probe will be hurtling around the Sun at approximately 430,000 miles per hour – that’s fast enough to get from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C., in one second.
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