NASA Solar Probe Set For 430,000 MPH White-Knuckle Ride Skimming The Sun
The Parker Solar Probe is expected to skim the Sun’s outer atmosphere on Tuesday. NASA’s probe will come within 3.86 million miles of the solar surface, closer than any human-built object ever. It might seem distant, but Mercury is 39.4 million away from the system’s namesake star. The probe will be coming in hot in…