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NASA's Parker Solar Probe Soars Near Sun, Wins Collier Trophy

3/25/2025

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NASA's Parker Solar Probe team, in collaboration with the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, has been awarded the prestigious 2024 Robert J. Collier Trophy for their remarkable achievements in space exploration. On December 24, 2024, they made history by soaring within 3.8 million miles of the Sun at an astonishing speed of nearly 430,000 mph, unlocking new insights into solar phenomena and space weather.

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NASA's Parker Solar Probe team, in collaboration with the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, has been awarded the prestigious 2024 Robert J. Collier Trophy for their remarkable achievements in space exploration. On December 24, 2024, they made history by soaring within 3.8 million miles of the Sun at an astonishing speed of nearly 430,000 mph, unlocking new insights into solar phenomena and space weather.