This distance was recorded as the closest point that a human -made object has reached the Sun so far. At the time, it moved to the highest speed that a human -made object reached by moving at a speed of about 192 kilometers per hour.
Both records were first broken by Parker on 24 December 2024. This success was repeated on March 22, 2025, and at the end, he once again entered the atmosphere of the Sun’s atmosphere dating back to 8.3 million kilometers.
Extreme temperature resistant technology
The most important factor that Parker successfully completed this brave task was special heat shield resistant to extreme temperatures. Since the Sun atmosphere is millions of degrees warmer than its surface, it is considered as a great engineering success that the end can resist these temperatures.
According to Sciencealert; NASA said in a statement, “The spacecraft, on Tuesday, March 25, contacted the task control center at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory. The signals sent showed that the health is good and that the systems work normally,” NASA said.
Critical task to understand the Sun atmosphere
Launched in 2018, Parker Sun Suntandası is gathering critical data by passing through orbiting to examine the atmosphere of the Sun, particle flows and magnetic fields.
The close transition on March 22 was the 23rd close transition of the end. The third close passage of the end, which is planned to switch five times at a distance of 6.1 million kilometers, will take place on June 19. If their systems continue to work, Parker will perform two more transitions on September 15th and December 12th.
However, scientists say that Parker’s term of office may not grow much after these dates.
PARKER’S FUTURE
Justin Kasper, the chief researcher of Parker Sun Sunta, said, “One day our fuel will be exhausted and we will not be able to protect our orbit due to the radiation pressure of the Sun.
However, Kasper, “Carbon heat shield and some parts can withstand the extreme temperature. A mass will remain a mass and this mass will return around the Sun for about a billion years,” he said.
The way Parker will follow in the future will be closely monitored by scientists.
