A Nasa spacecraft has made history by surviving the closest-ever approach to the Sun. Scientists received a signal from the Parker Solar Probe just before midnight on Thursday after it had been out of communication for several days during its burning-hot fly-by.

NASA said on Friday that its Parker Solar Probe was "safe" and operating normally after successfully completing the closest-ever approach to the Sun by any human-made object.

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe made its closest approach to the sun early Tuesday, getting within just 4% of the Earth-sun distance — a feat compared to the '69 moon landing.

Early on Christmas Eve in 2024, a NASA craft swooped at blazing speed through the sun's atmosphere.

Today, humanity achieved a historic milestone as NASA’s Parker Solar Probe got closer to the sun than any spacecraft in history.

This week, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe attempted to get closer to the Sun than any other human-made object. But due to a planned communications blackout, the team behind the mission won’t know if the spacecraft’s daring quest was a success for at least another day.

According to the US Space Agency, the probe came within 3.8 million miles of the Sun's surface, while moving at 430,000 miles per hour.

NASA's Parker Solar Probe was expected to make history on Tuesday by flying into the sun's outer atmosphere called the corona on a mission to help scientists learn more about Earth's closest star.

Nasa have made history after their Parker Solar aircraft survived the closest-ever approach to the Sun. The aircraft has spent the last few days approximately 3.8 million miles from the sun – the closest any aircraft has come to the burning star.

A Nasa spacecraft has made history by surviving the closest-ever approach to the sun by any human-made object. The space agency said the Parker Solar Probe was safe and “operating normally” after travelling within 3.