NEW YORK (AP) — A NASA spacecraft aims to fly closer to the
sun than any object sent before.

The Parker Solar Probe was launched in 2018 to get a close-up
look at the sun. Since then, it has flown straight through the
sun’s corona: the outer atmosphere visible during a total solar
eclipse.

The next milestone: closest approach to the sun. Plans call for
Parker on Tuesday to hurtle through the sizzling solar atmosphere
and pass within a record-breaking 3.8 million miles of the sun’s
surface.

NASA said at that moment, if the sun and Earth were at opposite
ends of a football field, Parker "would be on the 4-yard line.”

Mission managers won’t know how Parker fared until days after
the flyby since the spacecraft will be out of communication range.

The 233-foot tall probe before launch from Cape Canaveral.

(Los Angeles) – Art Evans, the actor known for his roles in Die
Hard 2 (1990) and A Soldier’s Story (1984), died Saturday. The
cause of death was not disclosed.

One of Evans’s early roles was the first victim in the John
Carpenter horror film Christine (1983).

Arthur James Evans
(March 27, 1942 – December 21, 2024)

Art Evans autographed photo of his role in “Christine.”

DAV : Disabled American Veterans   

CINCINNATI (WKRC) – Rickey Henderson, MLB Hall of Famer
and the only player to reach 1,000 stolen bases, died Friday
at age 65 following a bout with pneumonia at the University
of California, San Francisco Medical Center. Five days short
of his 66th birthday.