NASA's Parker Solar Probe: What can we learn about the sun and other stars? | DW News

The US space agency says its Parker Solar Probe has survived the closest ever approach to the Sun and is continuing its mission. The unmanned spacecraft passed within a record-breaking 6 million kilometers of the star earlier this week. Parker is the world's fastest spaceship, recently it got up to more than 690,000 kilometers per hour. It was launched in 2018 to collect information from the Sun's outer atmosphere. The probe withstood temperatures of nearly a thousand degrees Celsius. Keith Cowing, Editor of NasaWatch.com and former NASA scientist. For more news go to: http://www.dw.com/en/ For more news, analysis and background information on the German election 2025 go to our dedicated page: https://www.dw.com/en/german-election-2025/t-70794502 Follow DW on social media: ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dwnews ►TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dwnews ►Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deutschewellenews/ ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/dwnews Für Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https://www.youtube.com/dwdeutsch Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1 #NASA #Solar