Archive · 24 Sep 2025
Parker Probe Sets Speed Record Near the Sun
Imagine a super-fast space car called the Parker Solar Probe zooming around the Sun!
This car is going faster than anything ever before, reaching a speed of 687,000 kilometers per hour.
The Probe is getting close to the Sun to study it.
The goal of the mission is to learn more about the sun's activity like solar flares and solar winds which can mess with satellites and power grids on Earth.
The data from this probe will help scientists protect technology and plan future missions to places like the Moon and Mars.
The probe completed another close flyby to the Sun in September 2025, sending data back to Earth.
The Parker Solar Probe achieved a record speed of 687,000 km/h.
The probe is designed to study the Sun and its effects on space weather.
The Parker Probe launched in 2018 and is still gathering data.
The most recent solar encounter took place between September 10 and 20, 2025.
Data collected will help scientists plan future missions.
- Who
- Parker Solar Probe, NASA
- What
- The Parker Solar Probe reached a record-breaking speed and gathered data near the Sun.
- When
- Between September 10 and 20, 2025
- Where
- Sun's corona
- Why
- To explore the Sun and collect data on solar phenomena.
- Spacecraft
- Parker Solar Probe
- Launched
- 2018
- Speed
- 687,000 km/h
- Location
- Sun's corona
- Recent Encounter
- September 10-20, 2025