Inside NASA's monthslong effort to rescue the Voyager 1 mission
WEBApril 26, 2024, 1:52 PM PDT. By Denise Chow. After working for five months to re-establish communication with the farthest-flung human-made object in existence, NASA announced this week that the...
Voyager 1 - NASA Science
WEBSept. 5, 1977. Goals. Outer Solar System, Interstellar Space. Status. Extended Mission. What is Voyager 1? Voyager 1 has been exploring our solar system for more than 45 years. The probe is now in interstellar space, the region outside the heliopause, or the bubble of energetic particles and magnetic fields from the Sun.
Parker Solar Probe - NASA Science
WEBAug 12, 2018 · On a mission to “touch the Sun,” NASA's Parker Solar Probe became the first spacecraft to fly through the corona – the Sun’s upper atmosphere – in 2021. With every orbit, the probe faces brutal heat and radiation to provide humanity with unprecedented observations of the only star we can study up close.
NASA’s Voyager 1 Resumes Sending Engineering Updates to Earth
WEBApr 22, 2024 · The next step is to enable the spacecraft to begin returning science data again. The probe and its twin, Voyager 2, are the only spacecraft to ever fly in interstellar space (the space between stars). Voyager 1 stopped sending readable science and engineering data back to Earth on Nov. 14, 2023, even though mission controllers could …
Space Probes - National Geographic Society
WEBApr 4, 2024 · A space probe is an unpiloted, unmanned device sent to explore space and gather scientific information. A space probe is launched from Earth with a set of scientific instruments and tools used to study the atmosphere and composition of space and other planets, moons, or celestial bodies.
Voyager 2 - NASA Science
WEBWhat's on the Golden Record. Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft to visit Uranus and Neptune. The probe is now in interstellar space, the region outside the heliopause, or the bubble of energetic particles and magnetic fields from the Sun. Mission Type. Flyby. launch. Aug. 20, 1977. Goals. Outer Solar System, Interstellar Space. Status.
Voyager 2: Nasa fully back in contact with lost space probe - BBC
WEB4 August 2023. By Megan Fisher,BBC News. NASA. The space agency had expected a regular reset of the probe in October to fix the error. Nasa is back in full contact with its lost Voyager 2 probe...
Voyager - Mission Status - NASA
WEBmission. Mission Status. IMP. MET. Instrument Status. Where are the Voyagers now? To learn more about Voyager, zoom in and give the spacecraft a spin. View the full interactive experience at Eyes on the Solar System. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech.
Voyager - NASA
WEBThis is a real-time indicator of Voyager 1's distance from Earth in astronomical units (AU) and either miles (mi) or kilometers (km). Note: Because Earth moves around the sun faster than Voyager 1 is speeding away from the inner solar system, the distance between Earth and the spacecraft actually decreases at certain times of year.
Voyager, NASA’s Longest-Lived Mission, Logs 45 Years in Space
WEBAug 17, 2022 · Launched in 1977, the twin Voyager probes are NASA’s longest-operating mission and the only spacecraft ever to explore interstellar space.
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