After NASA Voyager 1, Voyager 2 set to enter interstellar space: About the probe
6 years, 5 months ago

After NASA Voyager 1, Voyager 2 set to enter interstellar space: About the probe

India Today  

Launched in 1977, NASA Voyager 2 is a little less than 17.7 billion kilometres from Earth, or more than 118 times the distance from Earth to the Sun. Currently on a journey toward interstellar space, NASA's Voyager 2 probe has detected an increase in cosmic rays that originate outside our solar system -- reported NASA. How NASA Voyager 2 will enter interstellar space The Voyager spacecrafts, 1 and 2, were built by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California -- which continues to operate both. The increase in cosmic rays detected by NASA Voyager 2 Cosmic rays are fast-moving particles that originate outside the solar system. We don't know when NASA Voyager 2 will reach heliopause However, Voyager team members note that the increase in cosmic rays is not a definitive sign that the probe is about to cross the heliopause.

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‘Every Day Could Be Our Last’: NASA Deactivates Voyager Instruments To Extend Deep Space Exploration
3 weeks, 2 days ago

‘Every Day Could Be Our Last’: NASA Deactivates Voyager Instruments To Extend Deep Space Exploration

ABP News  

"Look again at that dot. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every …

Voyager, 20 billion km away from Earth, to keep flying thanks to a genius hack
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3 weeks, 2 days ago

Voyager, 20 billion km away from Earth, to keep flying thanks to a genius hack

India Today  

Nasa is switching off two instruments on Voyager probes, now in interstellar space outside Solar System, to save power. Voyager 2’s low-energy charged particle instrument measures the various ions, electrons, and cosmic rays originating from our solar system and galaxy. “The Voyagers have been deep space rock stars since launch, and we want to keep it that way as long …

NASA's Voyager 1, the most distant spacecraft from Earth, is doing science again after problem
9 months, 2 weeks ago

NASA's Voyager 1, the most distant spacecraft from Earth, is doing science again after problem

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy NASA's Voyager 1, the most …

NASA hears from Voyager 1, the most distant spacecraft from Earth, after months of quiet
11 months ago

NASA hears from Voyager 1, the most distant spacecraft from Earth, after months of quiet

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The most distant spacecraft from Earth stopped sending back …

After months of silence, Voyager 1 has returned NASA’s calls
11 months ago

After months of silence, Voyager 1 has returned NASA’s calls

LA Times  

Voyager 1, seen in an artist’s rendering, is the farthest human-made object from Earth, some 15 billion miles away. Since its launch from Kennedy Space Center on Sept. 5, 1977, NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft has diligently sent regular updates to Earth on the health of its systems and data collected from its onboard instruments. “It’s like working on an antique …

Well, hello, Voyager 1! The venerable spacecraft is once again making sense
11 months ago

Well, hello, Voyager 1! The venerable spacecraft is once again making sense

NPR  

Well, hello, Voyager 1! The venerable spacecraft is once again making sense Enlarge this image toggle caption NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA says it is once again able to get meaningful information back from the Voyager 1 probe, after months of troubleshooting a glitch that had this venerable spacecraft sending home messages that made no sense. In 2012, Voyager 1 became the …

NASA listens for Voyager 2 spacecraft after wrong command cuts contact
1 year, 7 months ago

NASA listens for Voyager 2 spacecraft after wrong command cuts contact

The Hindu  

NASA is listening for any peep from Voyager 2 after losing contact with the spacecraft billions of miles away. Hurtling ever deeper into interstellar space, Voyager 2 has been out of touch ever since flight controllers accidentally sent a wrong command more than a week ago that tilted its antenna away from Earth. Although it’s considered a long shot, NASA …

End of 46-year-old mission? NASA loses contact with Voyager 2 after sending wrong command – India TV
1 year, 7 months ago

End of 46-year-old mission? NASA loses contact with Voyager 2 after sending wrong command – India TV

India TV News  

The Voyager 2 space probe, the second-farthest human-made object sent into space, has temporarily lost contact with NASA. In a statement, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said that scientists lost contact with the space test on July 21 after a progression of arranged orders coincidentally made Voyager 2 angle its antenna away from Earth. Since flight controllers accidentally sent the wrong …

NASA listens for Voyager 2 spacecraft after wrong command cuts contact
1 year, 7 months ago

NASA listens for Voyager 2 spacecraft after wrong command cuts contact

Associated Press  

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA is listening for any peep from Voyager 2 after losing contact with the spacecraft billions of miles away. Hurtling ever deeper into interstellar space, Voyager 2 has been out of touch ever since flight controllers accidentally sent a wrong command more than a week ago that tilted its antenna away from Earth. Although it’s considered …

NASA’s Voyager 2 ’unable to receive commands or transmit data back to Earth’
1 year, 7 months ago

NASA’s Voyager 2 ’unable to receive commands or transmit data back to Earth’

Live Mint  

NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft, currently in interstellar space, is facing communication difficulties caused by an antenna misalignment. Due to this issue, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Voyager 2 spacecraft is unable to receive commands or transmit data back to Earth. The recent communication setback was the result of planned commands inadvertently causing the spacecraft's antenna to point 2 degrees …

NASA is keeping Voyager 2 going until at least 2026 by tapping into backup power
1 year, 10 months ago

NASA is keeping Voyager 2 going until at least 2026 by tapping into backup power

NPR  

NASA is keeping Voyager 2 going until at least 2026 by tapping into backup power Enlarge this image toggle caption NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft, which has been probing the outer bounds of the solar system for over 45 years, is running out of power. With Voyager 2's power supply dwindling, NASA was about to shut down one of …

JPL tries to keep Voyager space probes from disconnecting the world’s longest phone call
2 years, 6 months ago

JPL tries to keep Voyager space probes from disconnecting the world’s longest phone call

LA Times  

Suzanne Dodd, the project manager for the Voyager Interstellar Mission, at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. “We do the ‘Hello, are you OK?’ call once a week,” said Suzanne Dodd, project manager for the long-running mission at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada Flintridge. “We could not isolate it to a specific area.” This computer is critical because it keeps …

NASA’s Voyager 1 Detects Faint but Persistent Humming of Interstellar Plasma Beyond Solar System
3 years, 10 months ago

NASA’s Voyager 1 Detects Faint but Persistent Humming of Interstellar Plasma Beyond Solar System

News 18  

The things that exist beyond our galaxy are unimaginable. NASA’s Voyager 1 has recently detected this interstellar medium’s humming, as per a study published in Nature Astronomy on May 10. Interstellar Medium consists of ionized, atomic and molecular gases, stardust and cosmic rays. Our star Sun tries to protect our solar system from these harmful rays by forming a heliosphere, …

Voyager missions find sharp increase in density of space beyond our solar system
4 years, 5 months ago

Voyager missions find sharp increase in density of space beyond our solar system

Firstpost  

NASA’s spacecraft Voyager 2 has reported a significant increase in the density of space outside the solar system. While Voyager 1 had entered interstellar space in 2012, Voyager 2 had finally crossed the boundary that marks the end of the solar system and beginning of outer space in November 2018. While inside the solar system, the solar wind has an …

NASA's Voyager 2 becomes second spacecraft to reach interstellar space
5 years, 4 months ago

NASA's Voyager 2 becomes second spacecraft to reach interstellar space

India TV News  

More than four decades after beginning its epic journey, NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft has crossed the elusive boundary that marks the edge of the Sun's realm and the start of interstellar space, scientists have announced. According to the researchers at the University of Iowa in the US, Voyager 2 has entered the interstellar medium, the region of space outside the …

Nasa Voyager 2 spacecraft that was shot into interstellar space gives first findings after leaving solar system
5 years, 4 months ago

Nasa Voyager 2 spacecraft that was shot into interstellar space gives first findings after leaving solar system

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The first findings from Voyager 2’s trip into interstellar space have been revealed …

Voyager 2: What we’ve learned since NASA’s spacecraft entered interstellar space
5 years, 4 months ago

Voyager 2: What we’ve learned since NASA’s spacecraft entered interstellar space

CNN  

CNN — On November 5, 2018, NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft became the second human-made object to cross into interstellar space. Mission scientists compared data from instruments on Voyager 2 to determine that the actual date of the crossing was November 5, when the solar wind particles around the probe dipped greatly, meaning it left the heliosphere – the sun’s bubble-shaped …

NASA’s Voyager 2 leaves heliosphere, enters interstellar space 41 years after launch
6 years, 3 months ago

NASA’s Voyager 2 leaves heliosphere, enters interstellar space 41 years after launch

Firstpost  

NASA is prepping an additional mission, IMAP, for launch in 2024 to capitalise on Voyagers’ findings. Its twin, Voyager 1, crossed this boundary in 2012, but Voyager 2 — launched 41 years ago — carries a working instrument that will provide first-of-its-kind observations of the nature of this gateway into interstellar space. While the probes have left the heliosphere, Voyager …

Voyager 2 spacecraft enters interstellar space, becomes NASA's longest running mission
6 years, 3 months ago

Voyager 2 spacecraft enters interstellar space, becomes NASA's longest running mission

India Today  

For the second time in history, a human-made object has reached the space between the stars. The most compelling evidence of Voyager 2's exit from the heliosphere came from its onboard Plasma Science Experiment, an instrument that stopped working on Voyager 1 in 1980, long before that probe crossed the heliopause. Since that date, the plasma instrument has observed no …

NASA confirms Voyager 2's crossing into interstellar space as Parkes tracks its progress
6 years, 3 months ago

NASA confirms Voyager 2's crossing into interstellar space as Parkes tracks its progress

ABC  

NASA has confirmed that Voyager 2 is now in interstellar space, some 18 billion kilometres from Earth — and its progress is being tracked from central-west New South Wales. The Parkes telescope began tracking Voyager 2 shortly after it crossed the heliosphere, described by NASA as a "protective bubble of particles and magnetic fields created by the sun". Parkes operations …

NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft enters into interstellar space
6 years, 3 months ago

NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft enters into interstellar space

ABC  

After 41 years on the road, NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft has finally entered interstellar space, but it still has a long way to go before it leaves the solar system. Key points: Voyager 2 is the second spacecraft to venture into interstellar space It is now 18 billion kilometres from Earth but still within the solar system Australian tracking stations …

Voyager 2: Nasa announces pioneering spacecraft has left the Solar System
6 years, 3 months ago

Voyager 2: Nasa announces pioneering spacecraft has left the Solar System

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. This illustration shows the position of NASA’s Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 probes, outside of …

NASA: Voyager 2 spacecraft reaches interstellar space
6 years, 3 months ago

NASA: Voyager 2 spacecraft reaches interstellar space

CNN  

CNN — NASA’s Voyager 2 probe, launched in 1977, is now more than 11 billion miles from Earth and has reached interstellar space, the agency said Monday. “There is still a lot to learn about the region of interstellar space immediately beyond the heliopause,” Voyager project scientist Ed Stone said in a statement. To have the Voyagers sending back information …

Voyager 1 spacecraft’s thrusters fired up for first time since 1980
7 years, 3 months ago

Voyager 1 spacecraft’s thrusters fired up for first time since 1980

CNN  

Story highlights Voyager 1 is in interstellar space and is NASA's farthest spacecraft Scientists were looking for a new way to reorient Voyager 1 CNN — It’s a good idea to have a backup plan, especially in interstellar space. NASA scientists needed to reorient the 40-year-old Voyager 1 – the space agency’s farthest spacecraft – so its antenna would point …

Voyager probes fulfill 40 years of space exploration
7 years, 7 months ago

Voyager probes fulfill 40 years of space exploration

CNN  

Story highlights Voyager 1 and 2 are humanity's longest-living spacecrafts Voyager 1 is the farthest-traveling spacecraft ever and the only one in interstellar space CNN — They say 40 is the new 20, and since they first launched in 1977, NASA’s farthest-traveling and longest-living spacecrafts keep accomplishing new feats despite changes in technology. Voyager 2 left Earth on August 20, …

First man-made object to leave space, Voyager 1 carries pictures and sounds for aliens
8 years, 7 months ago

First man-made object to leave space, Voyager 1 carries pictures and sounds for aliens

India Today  

To study the outer Solar System, a space probe called Voyager 1 was launched on September 5, 39 years ago. On August 25, 2012, the probe, Voyager 1, crossed the heliopause and entered interstellar space and became the first man-made object to leave the solar system and enter the interstellar space. We have gathered some facts you should know about …

Voyager 2 anniversary: 25 years since Neptune
10 years, 7 months ago

Voyager 2 anniversary: 25 years since Neptune

ABC  

In Depth › Science Features Voyager 2 anniversary: 25 years since Neptune Twenty-five years ago today, Voyager 2 flew past Neptune - the outermost planet in our solar system. Voyager 2 revealed that Neptune is a dynamic planet with several large, dark spots reminiscent of Jupiter's hurricane-like storms. According to NASA, Voyager 1 has officially left our solar system, but …

Voyager 1 now in inter-stellar space
10 years, 8 months ago

Voyager 1 now in inter-stellar space

India TV News  

Washington: Thirty-seven years after it was launched, Voyager 1 is not only alive and kicking, but continuing its journery into the great void. Lunched in 1977, the spacecraft has entered inter-stellar space, the first man-made object to do so, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration said.Inter-stellar space is the region between the stars filled with a thin soup of …

Voyager, the space triumph that nearly wasn’t
11 years, 1 month ago

Voyager, the space triumph that nearly wasn’t

LA Times  

An artist’s impression of NASA’s Voyager 1 space probe passing behind the rings of Saturn, using cameras and radio equipment to measure how sunlight is affected as it shines between the ring particles. However, in December 1971, NASA decided it couldn’t afford the $1-billion price tag for a 12-year “grand tour” mission with four spacecraft. Although some engineers wanted to …

Voyager 1 leaves solar system: NASA
11 years, 6 months ago

Voyager 1 leaves solar system: NASA

India TV News  

Washington: US space agency NASA said Thursday that its Voyager 1 spacecraft has become the first man-made object to venture into interstellar space. New and "unexpected" data indicated 36 years after it was launched, Voyager 1 has left the heliosphere, the bubble of hot, energetic charged particles surrounding the solar system, and entered into a region of cold, dark space, …

Voyager left solar system last year › News in Science (ABC Science)
11 years, 7 months ago

Voyager left solar system last year › News in Science (ABC Science)

ABC  

News in Science Voyager left solar system last year Going, going, gone? NASA's long-lived Voyager probe crossed into interstellar space last year, becoming the first human-made object to leave the solar system, new research shows. Scientists have been waiting for Voyager to detect a magnetic field that flows in a different direction than the solar system's magnetic field. Voyager lead …

Voyager 1 Discovers Bizarre and Baffling Region at Edge of Solar System
11 years, 9 months ago

Voyager 1 Discovers Bizarre and Baffling Region at Edge of Solar System

Wired  

Not content with simply being the man-made object to travel farthest from Earth, NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft recently entered a bizarre new region at the solar system’s edge that has physicists baffled. The extremely energetic ions created in these bursts are known as galactic cosmic rays and they are mostly blocked from coming into the solar system by the solar …

NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft enters previously unknown layer of the solar system
12 years, 3 months ago

NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft enters previously unknown layer of the solar system

Daily Mail  

NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft enters previously unknown layer of the solar system Scientists have dubbed the new region the ‘magnetic highway’ and say it's the last stop before interstellar space, or the space between stars Voyager 1 and its sister probe Voyager 2 launched 35 years ago on a tour of the outer planets The two spacecraft will run out …

Voyager 1 nearing edge of solar system: NASA
14 years, 3 months ago

Voyager 1 nearing edge of solar system: NASA

The Hindu  

NASA’s long-running Voyager 1 spacecraft is barrelling its way toward the edge of the solar system. Since 2004, the unmanned probe has been exploring a region of space where solar wind, a stream of charged particles spewing from the sun at 1 million miles per hour slows abruptly and crashes into the thin gas between stars. NASA said on Monday …

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