Image from Parker Solar Probe's WISPR (Wide-field Imager for Solar Probe) instrument shows a coronal streamer, seen over the east limb of the Sun on Nov. 8, 2018, at 1:12 a.m. EST.
Credit: NASA/Naval Research Laboratory/Parker Solar Probe
A NASA science satellite launched in 2018 was due to reach the key point of its mission on Dec. 24, passing within 3.8 million mi. of the surface of the Sun, the closest any spacecraft has ever come to a star. The Parker Solar Probe was out of contact with mission controllers during the 6:53 a.m...
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