Solar probe

Solar probe

An illustration shows an artist's conception of NASA's Parker Solar Probe. Photo: HO/NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/AFP/File

NASA spacecraft successfully completes closest-ever approach to the sun

Moving at up to 430,000 mph (692,000 kph), the spacecraft endured temperatures of up to 1,800 degrees Fahrenheit (982 degrees Celsius)

An illustration shows an artist's conception of NASA's Parker Solar Probe. Photo: HO/NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/AFP/File

NASA's Parker Solar Probe makes closest ever pass by the Sun

Photo: ESA

Latest solar probe to get first close up of the sun's polar regions