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Things are heating up for the USA's National Aeronautical Space Administration (NASA). One of the agency's
is to study the Sun. In 2018, NASA sent a
research probe to photograph our nearest
. The spacecraft is called the Parker Solar Probe. It made
on Christmas Eve by going
to the Sun than any spacecraft has ever gone before. Parker flew to within 6.1 million kilometers of the Sun. This is very close. Parker also holds another
. It is the
object ever built by
. In September 2023, it flew at a
of 635,266 kph. At this speed, the
could travel the 10,846 km from New York to Tokyo in just 1.025 minutes.
