There’s the solar orbiter, and then NASA’s Parker Solar Probe, which has now become the fastest human-made object ever after hitting 394,736 mph during its 17th pass around the Sun. This feat was achieved on September 27th when the spacecraft skimmed a mere 4.51 million miles (7.26 million kilometers) from the solar surface.
Its 17th loop around the Sun was set up by a gravity-assist flyby of Venus on August 21st, and the close approach, also called perihelion, happened at 7:28 p.m. EDT, with Parker Solar Probe moving 394,736 miles per hour (635,266 kilometers per hour) around the Sun. What’s left for the Parker Solar Probe? There are still 7 more passes to complete before it is decommissioned.
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The spacecraft entered the encounter in good health, with all systems operating normally. Parker Solar Probe is scheduled to check back in with mission operators at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland,” said Desiree Apodaca, Science Writer for NASA.
