Have we made an object that could travel 1% the speed of light, which is 7 million miles per hour? - Quora
![TIL The fastest man made object ever made (at 157,078 mph) is Helios 2, a spacecraft launched in 1976, currently orbiting the Sun. : r/todayilearned TIL The fastest man made object ever made (at 157,078 mph) is Helios 2, a spacecraft launched in 1976, currently orbiting the Sun. : r/todayilearned](https://external-preview.redd.it/LZhQ4jQzLLbOSUNvGggUAd0H4CXPvOLQNthnFVPJROg.jpg?auto=webp&s=0d9bb76b896931d57549f7c751e9a37ccdb1225b)
TIL The fastest man made object ever made (at 157,078 mph) is Helios 2, a spacecraft launched in 1976, currently orbiting the Sun. : r/todayilearned
![For the first time in history, a spacecraft has touched the Sun. NASA's Parker Solar Probe has now flown through the Sun's upper atmosphere – the corona – and sampled particles and For the first time in history, a spacecraft has touched the Sun. NASA's Parker Solar Probe has now flown through the Sun's upper atmosphere – the corona – and sampled particles and](https://external-preview.redd.it/JfQC4j-xrXEDNr4fStWv3BzK4ePIIh2c7OD3DKrs-Yo.jpg?auto=webp&s=19e1fe502fdaad0c47e9f1333e0ce31c1a3bbbdc)