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Right now, Parker Solar Probe

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has achieved what we designed the mission for.

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Right now, Parker Solar Probe

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is flying closer to a star than anything has ever been before

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and this is the orbit that we really designed the mission for.

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In 2018, we launched the mission,

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it seemed so far away, December 2024.

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All those things that have to happen, all of those other orbits

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21 orbits that had to just be flawless. and they were.

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And we're here.

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It is 3.8 million miles from the Sun's surface.

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It is breaking all of these records,

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and it's a just a total “yay! We did it! moment.