Summary:

- NASA's Parker Solar Probe is set to make its closest approach to the Sun in 2024, coming within just 3.83 million miles of the Sun's surface.
- This will be the closest any spacecraft has ever come to the Sun, allowing the probe to gather unprecedented data and insights about our star.
- The Parker Solar Probe's mission is to study the Sun's outer atmosphere, known as the corona, and help scientists better understand the solar wind and other phenomena that impact Earth.