Launched from Cape Canaveral in 1977, the probes Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 have been in space now for 42 years. Together, these robotic devices have transformed our understanding of the Solar system, and now reveal unprecedented information about the interstellar space beyond the sphere of influence of the Sun. …
Read More »The space probe Voyager 2 National Agency on Aeronautics and research of space administration (NASA) last year came out in interstellar space, repeating the achievement of the spacecraft Voyager 1. JPL/NASA. In the scientific journal Nature Astronomy this week published a series of articles devoted to the analysis of …
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The spacecraft was launched 40 years ago and has already left the Solar system. Automatic interplanetary station NASA “Voyager 1” weight 723 kg was launched into space on 5 September 1977, and since then became the first unit sent beyond the Solar system. The project was approved in 1972. In …
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To date, Voyager 1 has left the planet at a distance of about 21 billion kilometers. “In those days, everyone I dealt with was optimistic and thought that aliens would be friendly, — quotes the words of Drake, his daughter Nadia. — No one thought, even for a few seconds, …
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