NASA's #3point8 Challenge

Released Monday, December 16, 2024

ID: 14736

On Dec. 24, 2024, NASA's Parker Solar Probe will fly approximately 3.8 million miles from the solar surface — the closest solar approach in history — while traveling about 430,000 miles per hour — the fastest any human-made object ever has traveled.

To celebrate, join Parker's journey with a digital quest of your own: Each day from Dec. 17 - 24, 2024, we're hiding a new custom "3.8" digital sticker on a secret NASA webpage. Solve our puzzles to find them!

Can You Solve NASA’s #3point8 Puzzles?

Music Credit: “Laser Cycle Launch Party” by Aaron Michael Wittrock [ASCAP], Julian Daniel Anderson [BMI], & Forrest Reed [ASCAP] via Universal Production Music

Producer: Beth Anthony (eMITS)
Writer: Miles Hatfield (eMITS)

Parker Pop Quiz!

At the 2024 American Geophysical Union annual meeting, the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab (which built and operates Parker Solar Probe for NASA) brought along a life-size model of the spacecraft. It’s the perfect backdrop for ambushing unsuspecting conference-goers with a pop quiz about the mission!

Complete transcript available.

Music: “Easy Day” by Dyami Wilson [BMI], “Feta Fling” by Chris Donohue [SESAC], Kenneth Brian Lewis [BMI], and Scott Dente [BMI] from Universal Production Music

Sound effects: Pixabay

Graphics: Vecteezy

Producer: Lacey Young (eMITS)

Talent: Miles Hatfield (eMITS)