Editor's Note: This story was originally published Dec. 24 and updated Friday, Dec. 27 at 10:45 a.m. EST to confirm that the Parker Solar Probe had survived its latest rendezvous with the sun.
NASA's Parker Solar Probe has survived its history-making attempt to fly closer to the sun than we have ever been before — a stunning technological feat that scientists liken to the historic Apollo moon landing in 1969. The record-breaking probe sent a beacon tone back to Earth around midnight EST on Thursday (Dec. 26), a key sign the probe is working normally, NASA announced.
