The Parker Solar Probe is poised to make its closest approach to the Sun on December 24, 2023, as part of its seven-year mission by NASA launched in August 2018. The unmanned spacecraft will fly within 6.2 million kilometers of the solar surface, setting a record for proximity. Scientists, including researcher Eric Posner, eagerly await the first data transmissions that could help answer long-standing questions about the Sun’s atmosphere and solar storms impacting telecommunications. The probe is set to travel at a speed of 690,000 km/h and endure extreme temperatures.