NASA’s Parker Solar Probe launched on 12 August 2018 is designed to unloose the secrets of the Sun, particularly those about its outer atmosphere, solar wind, and magnetic fields. On December 28, 2024, damage was encountered that it wasn’t expecting as it flew closer than any other spacecraft to the Sun at a distance of 4.3 million miles from its surface in the 20th flyby. Increased solar activity caused by a flare-up of solar flares and coronal mass ejections resulted in damage to the probe. Still, this setback has been lessened by advanced heat shield technology and other protective technologies in the probe. This mission is critical in understanding space weather, solar physics, and the vast universe.