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NASA probe is now closest ever aircraft to the sun, and it's getting nearer

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NASAの探査衛星が太陽への極接近の記録を更新した記事が、今日の英語の習慣化の題材です。

NASAのParker Solar Probe(パーカー太陽衛星)が、10月29日月曜1時04分(東部標準時)前記録、太陽の表面から26.55ミリオンマイルを突破、太陽への接近を続けているとCNNNewsが報じている。

CNN ー NASA's Parker Solar Probe has broken the world record for the closest approach to the sun ever achieved by a man-made spacecraft -- and it's not stopping yet.

The probe surpassed the previous record of 26.55 million miles from the star's surface on Monday October 29 at around 1:04 pm ET.
The previous record was held by the Helios 2 craft, which was launched from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force station in 1976.
The Parker Solar Probe is now expected to continue its approach, passing through the corona, or the sun's outer atmosphere, next week, reaching within 15 million miles of its surface.