After the first gravity assist on October 3rd, 2018, between Parker Solar Probe and Venus, the Parker Solar Probe now holds the record for closest approach to the Sun by a human-made object. Parker Solar Probe passed the current record of 42.72 million km from the Sun's surface on Oct. 29, 2018, at about UT17:04, as calculated by the Parker Solar Probe team.
Over the next years the probe will continue to break it's own records as it will fly closer and closer to the Sun.
Credit NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Mary Pat Hrybyk-Keith
