87K views · 3.5K reactions | We’re getting closer to “touch” the Sun!☀️ Flight controllers recently adjusted our Parker #SolarProbe spacecraft to position it for a Venus flyby, when it will use Venus’ gravity to bring its orbit closer to the Sun. Find out more from NASA Sun Science: https://go.nasa.gov/2Q57scp | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Facebook

53K views · 638 reactions | Did you smile for the cameras? On Sept. 23, NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration's OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft made a quick flyby, passing 2,136 miles above Earth. Along the way, OSIRIS-APEX turned its cameras and instruments to look home. https://go.nasa.gov/4oXGWld | NASA Solar System Exploration | Facebook

Today the Parker Solar Probe will make its 9th close approach to the Sun. The spacecraft holds the record for the top spacecraft speed and the closest distance to the Sun at perihelion. "Perihelion" is the closest point in an object's orbit to the Sun. In the case of Parker Solar Probe, that's about 10.4 million kilometers (6.5 million miles) from the solar surface. For context, today the Earth is about 152 million kilometers (94 million miles) from the Sun. What's the most amazing thing you kno