Within two months of launching, the Parker Solar Probe in October 2018 moved within 26.55 million miles of the sun's surface, breaking the previous mark set by the Helios-2 spaecraft in 1976.
Within two months of launching, the Parker Solar Probe in October 2018 moved within 26.55 million miles of the sun's surface, breaking the previous mark set by the Helios-2 spaecraft in 1976.
Before the Parker Solar Probe's increasingly close swings, the closest spacecraft to the sun had been the Helios 2 spacecraft, which came about 27 million miles from the sun in 1976. If the ...
Helios Technologies launched a chief financial officer search and made an interim position permanent, appointing Sean Bagan as president and chief executive.