Loading...
Market
What will be Parker Solar Probe's top speed during its mission by end of 2025?
2
Resolution / Starting Odds
Less than 650,000 km/h • 25%
650,000 to 700,000 km/h • 25%
700,000 to 750,000 km/h • 25%
More than 750,000 km/h • 25%
NASA's mission data and scientific publications
Story
NASA's Parker Solar Probe Enters Sun's Corona at 6.1 Million km, Survives 2,500°C Temperatures
Dec 27, 2024, 08:15 AM
NASA's Parker Solar Probe has successfully completed the closest-ever approach to the Sun by any human-made object, passing within 6.1 million kilometers (3.8 million miles) of the solar surface on December 24. The spacecraft flew into the Sun's outer atmosphere, known as the corona, enduring extreme temperatures of up to 2,500 degrees Celsius and reaching speeds of around 700,000 kilometers per hour. This marks the first time a human-made object has flown into the solar corona, achieving a distance ten times closer than Mercury. Launched in 2018, the probe aims to uncover the secrets of the Sun, and NASA confirmed that the spacecraft is safe and operating normally. Scientists eagerly await the unprecedented data it will transmit from this uncharted territory, beginning on January 1.
View original story
Similar markets
480,000 mph or more • 25%
450,000 mph • 25%
460,000 mph • 25%
470,000 mph • 25%
420,000 to 430,000 mph • 25%
Less than 420,000 mph • 25%
More than 440,000 mph • 25%
430,000 to 440,000 mph • 25%
700,000 km/h • 25%
No new record • 25%
800,000 km/h • 25%
750,000 km/h • 25%
Exceeds 430,000 mph • 25%
Between 420,000 and 430,000 mph • 25%
Between 410,000 and 420,000 mph • 25%
Below 410,000 mph • 25%
Between 410,000 and 419,999 mph • 25%
Less than 410,000 mph • 25%
430,000 mph or more • 25%
Between 420,000 and 429,999 mph • 25%
Less than 430,000 mph • 25%
Exact speed unknown • 25%
More than 430,000 mph • 25%
430,000 mph • 25%
More than 2,200 degrees Fahrenheit • 25%
Less than 1,800 degrees Fahrenheit • 25%
1,800 to 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit • 25%
2,000 to 2,200 degrees Fahrenheit • 25%
More than 4.0 million miles • 25%
3.8 to 4.0 million miles • 25%
3.5 to 3.8 million miles • 25%
Less than 3.5 million miles • 25%
Less than 3 million miles • 25%
More than 4 million miles • 25%
3 to 3.5 million miles • 25%
3.5 to 4 million miles • 25%