This article is about the unmanned space probes of the 1970s. For other uses, see Voyager. The trajectories that enabled Voyager spacecraft to visit the outer planets and achieve velocity to escape our solar system The Voyager program is a U.S…
Copies of the Golden Record, sent journeying into deep space on the sides of the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 probes in 1977, carries the sounds and music of Earth as well as a series of images to help characterize it. (Image credit: NASA/JPL) The Voyager 1 probe, which launched 40 ...
Overall, the Voyagers' nuclear power supply (Plutonium-238) is running low. To preserve fuel,NASAturned off the probes' cameras and half of their science instruments. Now over 12 billion miles away, Voyager 2 is still beaming back unprecedented information about its far-off environs, where onl...
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voyager space probesatmospherescharged particlesmagnetic fieldsBurst-like and long-lived ion fluxes (E 30 keV) of Jovian origin have been observed in interplanetary space by the LECP instrument on the Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft. Burst (few minute duration) events are observed at distances greater...
The Voyager space probes used Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators to power the equipment on board. They use plutonium-238 to power the generators, which has allowed it to last for an extremely long time. As of 2006 the spacecrafts power is at 60%, which is far better than expected, and ...
Launched in 1977, Voyager 1 and its twin spacecraft Voyager 2 are NASA’s longest-operating mission. They are theonly probes to ever explore interstellar space, or the vast area between stars. The spacecraft were initially launched to study Jupiter and Saturn, and they were onlyint...
VOYAGER GOLDEN RECORD In 1977, NASA launched two spacecraft, Voyager 1 and 2, on a grand tour of the solar system and into the mysteries of interstellar space. Attached to each of these probes is a beautiful golden record containing a message for any ext
The Voyager spacecraft each celebrated 45 years in space in 2022, a monumental milestone for the twin probes. "Over the last 45 years, the Voyager missions have been integral in providing this knowledge and have helped change our understanding of the sun and its influence in ways no other sp...
The Voyager probes launched to study the planets, but they discovered the wonder of the solar system's moons.