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[7] [9] It is the fastest object ever built on Earth. [10] The project was announced in the fiscal 2009 budget year. Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory designed and built the spacecraft, [11] which was launched on 12 August 2018. [2]
The record for most time in space is held by Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, who has spent 1,111 days in space over five missions. He broke the record of Gennady Padalka on 4 February 2024 at 07:30:08 UTC during his fifth spaceflight aboard Soyuz MS-24 / 25 for a one year long-duration mission on the ISS . [ 21 ]
However, it is not the fastest spacecraft to leave the Solar System. As of July 2023 [update] , this record is held by Voyager 1 , traveling at 16.985 km/s (61,146 km/h; 37,994 mph) relative to the Sun. [ 158 ] Voyager 1 attained greater hyperbolic excess velocity than New Horizons due to gravity assists by Jupiter and Saturn.
Nasa is flying the fastest human-made object ever made closer to the Sun than anything ... It’s the fastest spacecraft ever built and is outfitted with a heat shield that can withstand scorching ...
A Nasa spacecraft is in “good health” after going closer to the Sun than anything ever has, the space agency has said. ... The Parker Solar Probe is also the fastest thing ever made on Earth.
A Nasa spacecraft is attempting to make history with the closest-ever approach to the Sun. ... it will be moving faster than any human-made object, hurtling at 430,000mph - the equivalent of ...
Typically, this frame is fixed to the body with the greatest gravitational influence on the spacecraft, as this is the most relevant frame for most purposes. [66] Velocities in different frames of reference are not directly comparable; thus the matter of the "fastest spacecraft" depends on the reference frame used.
The spacecraft passed 3.8 million miles (6.1 million km) from the solar surface on Dec. 24, flying into the sun's outer atmosphere called the corona, on a mission to help scientists learn more ...