NASA launches Parker Solar Probe in mission to ‘touch’ the Sun

The trip to the Sun will take a while. NASA’s probe will pass by Venus a total of seven times (starting in early October) as it uses the planet’s gravity to whip itself ever closer to the star. The spacecraft will make its first close approach in early November, when it will travel 15 million …

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