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  1. Voyager

    Both Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 have reached "Interstellar space" and each continue their unique journey through the Universe. In the NASA Eyes on the Solar System app, you can see the real spacecraft trajectories of the Voyagers, which are updated every five minutes. Distance and velocities are updated in real-time.

  2. NASA says it has resumed full contact with its Voyager 2 spacecraft

    A NASA image of one of the twin Voyager space probes. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory lost contact with Voyager 2 on July 21 after mistakenly pointing its antenna 2 degrees away from Earth.

  3. NASA Mission Update: Voyager 2 Communications Pause

    UPDATE, Aug. 4, 2023: NASA has reestablished full communications with Voyager 2. The agency's Deep Space Network facility in Canberra, Australia, sent the equivalent of an interstellar "shout" more than 12.3 billion miles (19.9 billion kilometers) to Voyager 2, instructing the spacecraft to reorient itself and turn its antenna back to Earth.

  4. NASA Reaches Voyager 2 With a Last-Ditch 'Shout ...

    Aug. 4, 2023. It took an interstellar "shout" across the solar system. But NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said on Friday that it re-established full communications with Voyager 2, an aging ...

  5. Voyager

    NASA's Voyager Will Do More Science With New Power Strategy. ... (green) and charged particles that dominate outside our solar bubble (orange). Data from this instrument suggested that Voyager 2 entered interstellar space on November 5, 2018, when the inside particles (green) dipped closer to 0.0 and the outside particles (orange) rose to above ...

  6. NASA's Voyager Will Do More Science With New Power Strategy

    Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 626-808-2469. [email protected]. 2023-059. The plan will keep Voyager 2's science instruments turned on a few years longer than previously anticipated, enabling yet more revelations from interstellar space.

  7. NASA's Voyager Will Do More Science With New Power Strategy

    The plan will keep Voyager 2's science instruments turned on a few years longer than previously anticipated, enabling yet more revelations from interstellar space. Launched in 1977, the Voyager 2 spacecraft is more than 12 billion miles (20 billion kilometers) from Earth, using five science instruments to study interstellar space.

  8. NASA's Voyager 2 Probe Enters Interstellar Space

    NASA's Voyager 2 probe now has exited the heliosphere - the protective bubble of particles and magnetic fields created by the Sun. Members of NASA's Voyager team will discuss the findings at a news conference at 11 a.m. EST (8 a.m. PST) today at the meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in Washington.

  9. Voyager 2 Enters Final Planetary Encounter

    NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft today entered the observatory phase of its flyby of Neptune, signaling the beginning of its final planetary encounter after nearly 12 years of exploring the outer solar system. Voyager mission controllers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., will now be tracking the spacecraft around the clock as ...

  10. Voyager 2

    NASA's Voyager 2 is the second spacecraft to enter interstellar space. On Dec. 10, 2018, the spacecraft joined its twin - Voyager 1 - as the only human-made objects to enter the space between the stars. Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft to study all four of the solar system's giant planets at close range. Voyager 2 discovered a 14th moon at ...

  11. Voyager 2 News Updates

    News updates on Voyager 2's encounter with Neptune will be available to the public during late August on special telephone numbers from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Frequently updated reports on the spacecraft mission can be heard August 19-31 by phoning (900) 590-1234. Cost for each call on this 900 number is 45 cents for the first minute ...

  12. Revisiting Decades-Old Voyager 2 Data, Scientists Find One More ...

    Three decades later, scientists reinspecting that data found one more secret. Unbeknownst to the entire space physics community, 34 years ago Voyager 2 flew through a plasmoid, a giant magnetic bubble that may have been whisking Uranus's atmosphere out to space. The finding, reported in Geophysical Research Letters, raises new questions about ...

  13. Voyager

    Voyager 1 and its twin Voyager 2 are the only spacecraft ever to reach the edge of interstellar space.. ... Latest Voyager Program News. More Voyager Program News. Article. 5 min read. ... Voyager Will Do More Science With New Power Strategy. Article 1 year ago. 4 min read. Edward Stone Retires After 50 Years as NASA Voyager's Project Scientist.

  14. NASA Voyager 2 Could Be Nearing Interstellar Space

    [email protected]. Karen Fox. NASA Headquarters, Washington. 301-286-6284. [email protected]. News Release: 2018-232. NASA's Voyager 2 probe, currently on a journey toward interstellar space, has detected an increase in cosmic rays that originate outside our solar system. Launched in 1977, Voyager 2 is a little less than 11 ...

  15. NASA Mission Update: Voyager 2 Communications Pause

    Once the spacecraft's antenna is realigned with Earth, communications should resume. UPDATE, Aug. 4, 2023: NASA has reestablished full communications with Voyager 2. The agency's Deep Space Network facility in Canberra, Australia, sent the equivalent of an interstellar "shout" more than 12.3 billion miles (19.9 billion kilometers) to ...

  16. Two Voyager Spacecraft Still Going Strong After 20 Years

    Sep 02, 1997. Article. Twenty years after their launch and long after their planetary reconnaissance flybys were completed, both Voyager spacecraft are now gaining on another milestone -- crossing that invisible boundary that separates our solar system from interstellar space, the heliopause. Since 1989, when Voyager 2 encountered Neptune, both ...

  17. Voyager 2: Nasa picks up 'heartbeat' signal after sending wrong ...

    By Andre Rhoden-Paul. BBC News. Nasa has picked up a "heartbeat" signal from its Voyager 2 probe after it lost contact with it billions of miles away from Earth, the space agency said. Last month ...

  18. Voyager

    Voyager 2 Illuminates Boundary of Interstellar Space. This artist's concept shows one of NASA's Voyager spacecraft entering interstellar space, or the space between stars. This region is dominated by plasma ejected by the death of giant stars millions of years ago. Hotter, sparser plasma fills the environment inside our solar bubble.

  19. News

    NASA Mission Update: Voyager 2 Communications Restored (NASA) August 02, ... Study of Uranus' Large Moons Shows 4 May Hold Water (NASA JPL) May 04, 2023. NASA's Voyager Will Do More Science With New Power Strategy (NASA JPL) April 26, 2023. Hyperhydrated Salt on Icy ... Sign-up to get the latest in news, events, and opportunities from the ...

  20. NASA considering an interstellar probe to study the heliosphere, the

    In 1977, NASA launched the Voyager mission: Its two spacecraft flew past Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune in the outer solar system. Scientists have determined that after observing these gas ...

  21. Things are finally looking up for the Voyager 1 interstellar spacecraft

    By Monisha Ravisetti. published 28 May 2024. Two of the four science instruments aboard the Voyager 1 spacecraft are now returning usable data after months of transmitting only gibberish, NASA ...

  22. Jonathan Lunine Appointed Chief Scientist of NASA's Jet Propulsion

    Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-9452 / 818-354-8307. [email protected] / [email protected]. 2024-078. In his new role, his leadership will be critical in fostering an environment of scientific innovation and excellence, ensuring that JPL remains at the forefront of discovery.

  23. After crisis in interstellar space, stream of Voyager 1 data resumes

    Voyager 1, one of the celebrated twin spacecraft that was the first to reach interstellar space, has finally resumed beaming science data back to Earth after a 6-month communications blackout, NASA announced this week. After a corrupted chip rendered Voyager 1's transmissions unintelligible in November 2023, engineers nursed the spacecraft ...

  24. NASA's Voyager 2 Probe Enters Interstellar Space

    For the second time in history, a human-made object has reached the space between the stars. NASA's Voyager 2 probe now has exited the heliosphere - the protective bubble of particles and magnetic fields created by the Sun.. Members of NASA's Voyager team will discuss the findings at a news conference at 11 a.m. EST (8 a.m. PST) today at the meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU ...

  25. Jonathan Lunine Appointed Chief Scientist of NASA's Jet Propulsion

    Since then, JPL has managed such historic missions as Voyager, Galileo, Cassini, the Mars Exploration Rover program, the Perseverance Mars rover, and many more. News Media Contact. Veronica McGregor / Matthew Segal Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-9452 / 818-354-8307 [email protected] / [email protected]

  26. Boeing's Starliner finally launches with two NASA astronauts : NPR

    After years of delay, Boeing's Starliner is flying people for the first time with two NASA astronauts heading to the International Space Station. The rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Fla.

  27. Boeing Carries NASA Astronauts to Orbit in ...

    At 10:52 a.m. Eastern time, the engines of an Atlas V rocket ignited, lifting the Starliner spacecraft on an arcing path to space. The launch and early parts of today's flight in orbit provided ...