NASA is gearing up for its Parker Solar Probe to do a final flyby of Venus on Wednesday on its way to making history as the closest ... the sun and break its own record, set just over a year ...

Before that, the record was held by the Helios 2 spacecraft, which came about 27 million miles from the sun in 1976. NASA illustration of the Parker Solar Probe (main) and NASA image of Venus ...

NASA is gearing up for its Parker Solar Probe to do a final flyby of Venus on Wednesday on its way to making history as the closest any human ... its final orbit around the sun and break its own ...