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Voyager 1 Space Probe Is Suddenly Sending NASA Wacky Data
Voyager 1 is nearly 14.5 billion miles from Earth and continues to hurtle out of the solar system at about 61,155 km per hour. But NASA engineers working on the 44-year-old spacecraft have recently been vexed by the probe’s articulation and control system, which is generating data that appears to be completely random.
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New Horizons Captures Goosebump-Inducing Image as It Approaches Milestone Distance From the Sun
With Pluto firmly in its rearview mirror, New Horizons is now hours away from reaching a milestone distance, in which the probe will be 50 times farther from the Sun than Earth. To commemorate the achievement, the spacecraft performed a task that had never been attempted before at the edge of the solar system.
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The Voyager Missions Saw A ‘Tsunami’ Of Solar Activity Sending A Pressure Pulse Into Interstellar Space
The Voyagers 1 and 2 spacecraft measured the Sun sending a pulse like a “tsunami” into the interstellar medium, according to a new paper.
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Voyager 2 Will Soon Be The Second Man-Made Object To Reach Interstellar Space
It’s astounding to think that both Voyager probes, launched back in 1977, are not only still intact, but sending valuable data back to Earth. It wasn’t long ago that Voyager 1 entered interstellar space, leaving the solar system’s protective heliosphere. Soon, Voyager 2 will join it, with the probe’s sensors detecting a gradual increase in…