Voyager
Interstellar Messengers
NASA Shuts Off Instrument on Voyager 1 to Keep Spacecraft Operating
On April 17, engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California shut down an instrument aboard Voyager 1, to save power and keep humanity’s first interstellar explorer going. Voyager 1 still has two science instruments operating, nearly 49 years into its mission; years ago Voyager scientists and engineers agreed on the order to shut off parts of the spacecraft, to preserve power while ensuring the mission can continue to conduct its unique science.
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The Interstellar Mission
After completing the first in-depth reconnaissance of the outer planets, the twin Voyagers are on a new mission to chart the edge of interstellar space.
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The Golden Record
The contents of the golden record were selected for NASA by a committee led by Carl Sagan of Cornell University.
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The Spacecraft
The twin Voyagers are escaping our solar system in different directions at more than 3 astronomical units (AU) per year; 1 AU is the distance from Earth to the Sun, or about 93 million miles.
The Pale Blue Dot
The behind-the-scenes story of the making of Voyager 1's iconic image of Earth as "a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam," captured as the spacecraft looked homeward from 3.7 billion miles away.
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