打破記錄 帕克成最接近太陽的探測器

NASA's Parker Solar Probe is now closer to the sun than any spacecraft has ever gotten.

美國國家航空航天局的帕克太陽探測器，現在要比任何航天器都更接近太陽。

Parker on Monday surpassed the record of 26.6 million miles set by Helios-2 back in 1976.

帕克在週一打破了1976年由赫利奧斯2號探測器創造的和太陽相距2660萬英里的記錄。

And it will keep getting closer to the sun until it flies through the corona, or outer atmosphere, for the first time next week, passing within 15 million miles of the solar surface.

它將繼續靠近太陽，直到下週它將首次穿過日冕或外部大氣層，經過距離太陽表面1500萬英里內的地方。

Parker will make 24 close approaches to the sun over the next seven years, ultimately coming within just 3.8 million miles.

帕克將在未來7年裏對太陽進行24次近距離觀測，最終和太陽僅相距380萬英里。

Launched in August, Parker is on track to set another record.

帕克於今年8月發射，有望在晚些時候再創造一項紀錄。

It will surpass Helios-2's speed record of 153,454 miles per hour, relative to the sun.

它將超過赫利奧斯2號探測器創下的、每小時153454英里的相對太陽行進速度的紀錄。