20 Years in Space: Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO A & B)
NASA craft imaging Sun and solar phenomena surpasses another full year in space today; launched 2006.
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9 Years in Space: Parker Solar Probe
Heliocentric OrbitNASA craft surpasses another full year in space today, having launched Aug 12, 2018; probe came within ~6.16M km of the Sun on Dec 24, 2024 which is ~7 times closer than any prior spacecraft, traveling faster than any other human-made object at ~692,000 km/hr.
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21 Years in Space: Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO A & B)
Heliocentric OrbitNASA craft imaging Sun and solar phenomena surpasses another full year in space today; launched 2006.
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10 Years in Space: Parker Solar Probe
Heliocentric OrbitNASA craft surpasses another full year in space today, having launched Aug 12, 2018; probe came within ~6.16M km of the Sun on Dec 24, 2024 which is ~7 times closer than any prior spacecraft, traveling faster than any other human-made object at ~692,000 km/hr.
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22 Years in Space: Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO A & B)
Heliocentric OrbitNASA craft imaging Sun and solar phenomena surpasses another full year in space today; launched 2006.
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11 Years in Space: Parker Solar Probe
Heliocentric OrbitNASA craft surpasses another full year in space today, having launched Aug 12, 2018; probe came within ~6.16M km of the Sun on Dec 24, 2024 which is ~7 times closer than any prior spacecraft, traveling faster than any other human-made object at ~692,000 km/hr.
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23 Years in Space: Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO A & B)
Heliocentric OrbitNASA craft imaging Sun and solar phenomena surpasses another full year in space today; launched 2006.
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12 Years in Space: Parker Solar Probe
Heliocentric OrbitNASA craft surpasses another full year in space today, having launched Aug 12, 2018; probe came within ~6.16M km of the Sun on Dec 24, 2024 which is ~7 times closer than any prior spacecraft, traveling faster than any other human-made object at ~692,000 km/hr.
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24 Years in Space: Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO A & B)
Heliocentric OrbitNASA craft imaging Sun and solar phenomena surpasses another full year in space today; launched 2006.
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NET 2031 — International Sun-Earth Explorer-3 (ISEE-3) to Reapproach Earth
Heliocentric OrbitISEE-3 (International Sun-Earth Explorer-3) craft, presumably in safe mode, is traveling around Sun & predicted to return to vicinity of Earth this year – may be able to reestablish contact; launched August 12, 1978.
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13 Years in Space: Parker Solar Probe
Heliocentric OrbitNASA craft surpasses another full year in space today, having launched Aug 12, 2018; probe came within ~6.16M km of the Sun on Dec 24, 2024 which is ~7 times closer than any prior spacecraft, traveling faster than any other human-made object at ~692,000 km/hr.
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Lucy Spacecraft End of Primary Mission, Continues Orbit Around Sun
Heliocentric OrbitEnd of primary mission for NASA Lucy mission, future science and mission plan extension TBD; mission is a twelve-year journey to eight different asteroids, and craft will continue to orbit the Sun in a stable orbit between the L4 and L5 Trojan swarms around Jupiter.