打破记录 帕克成最接近太阳的探测器

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

美国国家航空航天局的帕克太阳探测器，现在要比任何航天器都更接近太阳。

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

帕克在周一打破了1976年由赫利奥斯2号探测器创造的和太阳相距2660万英里的记录。

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.

它将继续靠近太阳，直到下周它将首次穿过日冕或外部大气层，经过距离太阳表面1500万英里内的地方。

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

帕克将在未来7年里对太阳进行24次近距离观测，最终和太阳仅相距380万英里。

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

帕克于今年8月发射，有望在晚些时候再创造一项纪录。

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

它将超过赫利奥斯2号探测器创下的、每小时153454英里的相对太阳行进速度的纪录。