The space robot I think about the most is the Parker Solar Probe, which recently came within 5.3 million miles of the Sun. It spends a lot of time in the corona, which can get to like... 2 million degrees F. Mostly doesn't feel a damn thing because its heat shield is wild.

The closest Mercury gets to the Sun is about 29 million miles. What a thrill.

@dctrjack and the shielded parts of the spacecraft stay cooler than many places on Earth.

> The shield weighs only 73 kilograms (160 lb) and keeps the spacecraft's instruments at 29 °C (85 °F).

You said it, just wild!