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When it comes to pure, blistering speed, nothing built by human hands outruns NASA’s Parker Solar Probe — the fastest vehicle in history. In 2023, during a close dive past the Sun, the spacecraft reached an astonishing 635,266 km/h. At that speed, you could travel from Thabazimbi to Cape Town in less than three seconds! Designed to study the Sun’s atmosphere, the probe uses gravity assists from Venus to slingshot closer and faster each year — and it’s still breaking its own records. Science has never moved this fast!