http://www.newsweek.com/nasa-record-breaking-parker-solar-probe-now-closer-sun-any-other-man-made-1193002

At around 1:04 p.m. EDT on October 29, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe passed within 26.55 million miles of the Sun’s surface, breaking the record for the closest approach to our star by a man-made object, according to the space agency.

Over the course of its mission, Parker will repeatedly break this record before making a final close approach of 3.83 million miles from the Sun’s surface in 2024. The previous close approach record was set in April 1976 by the German-American spacecraft Helios 2.