Voyager - NASA Science
WEBVoyager 1 and its twin Voyager 2 are the only spacecraft ever to operate outside the heliosphere, the protective bubble of particles and magnetic fields generated by the Sun. Voyager 1 reached the interstellar boundary in 2012, while Voyager 2 (traveling slower and in a different direction than its twin) reached it in 2018.
Voyager 2 at 12,000 Days: The Super-Marathon Continues
WEBNASA's plucky Voyager 2 spacecraft has hit a long-haul operations milestone today (June 28) -- operating continuously for 12,000 days. For nearly 33 years, the venerable spacecraft has been returning data about the giant outer planets, and the characteristics and interaction of solar wind between and beyond the planets.
Voyager - 35 Years On, Voyager's Legacy Continues at Saturn
WEBAfter an initial flyby of Pioneer 11 in 1979, humanity got a second, much closer look at this complex planetary system in the early 1980s through the eyes of NASA's twin Voyager spacecraft. Voyager 2 made its closest approach to Saturn 35 years ago -- …
New Project Manager as Voyager Explores New Territory
WEBVoyager 2 is expected to cross that boundary several years later. Once beyond our heliosheath, the two Voyager spacecraft will begin exploring the interstellar medium, which fills the space between stars.
Voyager - Voyager Celebrates 25 Years Since Uranus Visit - NASA
WEBAs NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft made the only close approach to date of our mysterious seventh planet Uranus 25 years ago, Project Scientist Ed Stone and the Voyager team gathered at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., …
NASA's Deep Space Station in Australia Is Getting an Upgrade
WEBThe Deep Space Network is NASA's interplanetary switchboard that enables constant communications with our robotic spacecraft. In March, one of the network's largest antennas - Deep Space Station 43 (DSS-43) in Canberra, Australia - …
NASA Mission Update: Voyager 2 Communications Pause
WEBUPDATE, 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.
Voyager - Engineers Diagnosing Voyager 2 Data System
WEBEngineers have shifted NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft into a mode that transmits only spacecraft health and status data while they diagnose an unexpected change in the pattern of returning data.
WEBJan 3, 2024 · LEGEND: = R/T Command (Last chance or Contingency) = R/T Command (Scheduled) = Result of R/T Command n = (where n = 1,2,3 ..) Special Note, see bottom of page. = Arrayed station. = BLF. = Downlink only pass. = High Power Transmitter. = Array Reference Antenna.
Voyager - Recalculating the Distance to Interstellar Space
WEBVoyager 2 is about 9 billion miles (14 billion kilometers) away from the sun. Launched in 1977, the Voyager twin spacecraft have been on a 33-year journey. They are humanity's farthest working deep space sentinels enroute to reach the edge of interstellar space.