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Parker Solar Probe Lines Up for Final Venus Flyby

2024-09-11 07:15:11

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Baltimore MD (SPX) Sep 11, 2024
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe executed a short maneuver on Aug. 26 that kept the spacecraft on course for the mission's seventh and final planned Venus flyby on Nov. 6. Operating on preprogrammed commands, Parker fired its small directional thrusters for about 17 seconds, changing its velocity by less than a mile per hour, and setting its trajectory some 386 miles (593 kilometers) closer to a