A Nasa spacecraft has made history by surviving the closest-ever approach to the Sun. Scientists received a signal from the Parker Solar Probe just before midnight on Thursday after it had been out of communication for several days during its burning-hot fly-by.

NASA said on Friday that its Parker Solar Probe was "safe" and operating normally after successfully completing the closest-ever approach to the Sun by any human-made object.

NASA's Parker Solar Probe is out of contact with mission control after its closest-ever pass of the sun on Tuesday, Dec. 24.

Nasa have made history after their Parker Solar aircraft survived the closest-ever approach to the Sun. The aircraft has spent the last few days approximately 3.8 million miles from the sun – the closest any aircraft has come to the burning star.

A Nasa spacecraft has made history by surviving the closest-ever approach to the sun by any human-made object. The space agency said the Parker Solar Probe was safe and “operating normally” after travelling within 3.

The mission was carried out by a team at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Maryland. "The team was out of contact with the spacecraft during closest approach, which occurred on Dec. 24,