NASA's Parker Solar Probe zoomed past Venus on Aug. 21, using the planet's gravity to aim toward a record-setting series of flights around the sun that start next month.
through NASA's Deep Space Network—except for an expected 8 minutes at closest approach, when Venus was between Earth and Parker—and determined the spacecraft was on course and operating normally.
"Parker Solar Probe remains on track to make its closest flybys yet of the sun," said Nick Pinkine, Parker Solar Probe mission operations manager from APL."Parker's success is a tribute to the entire mission team, but I'm especially proud of the mission operators and the job they've done over the past five years to ensure the flawless operation of this incredible, history-making spacecraft.
Venus gravity assists are essential to guiding Parker Solar Probe progressively closer to the sun; the spacecraft relies on the planet to reduce its orbital energy, which in turn allows it to travel closer to the sun—where, since 2018, it has been exploring the origins and unlocking the secrets of the solar wind and other properties of the near-sun environment at their source.
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