"We are basically almost landing on a star." Today, NASA's Parker Solar Probe will complete its seventh swing past Venus — the spacecraft's final maneuver around the amber planet — in a flyby that will nudge the probe on a trajectory that will take it within 3.

After a close Venus flyby, Parker Solar Probe is readying for a landmark approach to the sun, gathering critical solar data.

NASA is gearing up for its Parker Solar Probe to do a final flyby of Venus on Wednesday on its way to make a record-breaking attempt to get close to the sun.