Tag Archive for 'Voyager 1'

Voyager 1 launched from Florida’s NASA Kennedy Space Center on September 5, 1977, 16 days after its twin, Voyager 2. This artist concept depicts one of NASA’s twin Voyager spacecraft. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech.

NASA Returns Voyager 1 Spacecraft to Normal Science Operations

Jun 14, 2024 by News Staff

Voyager 1 is conducting science operations for the first time following a technical issue that arose in November 2023. Voyager 1 launched from Florida’s...

This composite image shows the Saturn Lyman-alpha bulge, an emission from hydrogen which is a persistent and unexpected excess detected by NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft, NASA’s Cassini probe, and the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope between 1980 and 2017. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Lotfi Ben-Jaffel, IAP & LPL.

Saturn’s Rings are Heating Gas Giant’s Upper Atmosphere, Astronomers Say

Mar 30, 2023 by News Staff

The most feasible explanation is that icy ring particles raining down onto Saturn’s atmosphere cause this heating, according to a team of astronomers...

This infographic highlights NASA’s Voyager mission’s major milestones, including visiting the four outer planets and exiting the heliosphere, or the protective bubble of magnetic fields and particles created by the Sun. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech.

Voyagers Mark 45 Years in Space

Aug 20, 2022 by News Staff

NASA’s Voyager 2 probe lifted off on August 20, 1977, quickly followed by its twin, Voyager 1, on September 5. This infographic highlights NASA’s Voyager...

Illustration of NASA’s Voyager spacecraft showing the antennas used by the Plasma Wave Subsystem and other instruments. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech.

Voyager 1 Detects Plasma Waves in Interstellar Medium

May 12, 2021 by News Staff

Launched in September 1977, NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft flew by Jupiter in 1979 and then Saturn in late 1980. In August 2012, it crossed the heliopause...

This updated version of the iconic ‘Pale Blue Dot’ image taken by NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft uses modern image-processing software and techniques to revisit the well-known Voyager view while attempting to respect the original data and intent of those who planned the images. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech.

NASA Releases Remastered ‘Pale Blue Dot’ Image

Feb 14, 2020 by News Staff

On February 14, 1990, cameras of NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft pointed back toward the Sun and snapped a series of pictures of the Sun, Earth and other...

NASA’s Voyager spacecraft, one in the heliosheath and the other just beyond in interstellar space, took measurements as a solar event known as a global merged interaction region passed by each spacecraft four months apart. Image credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center / Mary Pat Hrybyk-Keith.

Researchers Measure Pressure in Solar System’s Heliosheath

Oct 9, 2019 by News Staff

Using data from NASA’s Voyager spacecraft, a team of scientists has calculated the total pressure from particles in the outer region of the Solar System,...

The surface of Europa looms large in this newly-reprocessed color view; image scale is 1.6 km per pixel; north on Europa is at right. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SETI Institute.

NASA Unveils Radiation Maps of Europa

Jul 25, 2018 by News Staff

Jupiter’s moon Europa is one of the most compelling targets in the search for life beyond Earth. However, its water-ice surface is affected by the harsh...

NASA’s Voyager 1 Spacecraft Switches to Backup Thruster Set

Dec 4, 2017 by News Staff

NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft is the only human-made object in interstellar space. The spacecraft, which has been flying for 40 years, relies on small...

A compact model of the heliosphere. Image credit: Dialynas et al.

Solar System’s Heliosphere Much More Compact, Rounded than Previously Thought

Apr 24, 2017 by News Staff

Many stars show tails that trail behind them like a comet’s tail, supporting the idea that our own Solar System has one too. However, new evidence from...

This color image of the Earth, dubbed Pale Blue Dot, is a part of the first ever ‘family portrait’ of our Solar System taken by Voyager 1. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech.

Pale Blue Dot: 25th Anniversary of Amazing Images from NASA’s Voyager 1

Feb 16, 2015 by News Staff

The cameras of Voyager 1 on February 14, 1990, pointed back toward the Sun and took a series of pictures of the Sun, Earth and other planets, making the...

Sun’s Coronal Mass Ejection Wave Reaches Voyager 1

Jul 9, 2014 by News Staff

Voyager 1 spacecraft has been hit by a ‘shock wave’ from the Sun as it travels through interstellar space, according to NASA scientists. Voyager 1....

Ganymede. Image credit: U.S. Geological Survey.

Planetary Scientists Create Global Geologic Map of Ganymede

Feb 13, 2014 by Enrico de Lazaro

U.S. Geological Survey researchers have produced the first complete global geologic map of the Jupiter’s largest moon, Ganymede. Global geologic map...

Voyager 1 Reaches Interstellar Space, NASA Scientists Say

Sep 13, 2013 by News Staff

According to a team of scientists reporting online in the journal Science, NASA’s Voyager 1 has indeed left the Solar System and entered interstellar...

Scientists: Voyager 1 Has Left the Solar System

Mar 20, 2013 by Natali Anderson

According to a new study published today online in the Geophysical Research Letters, NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft appears to have exited the heliosphere. Voyager...

Voyager 1 Approaches Final Frontier

Jun 27, 2012 by Enrico de Lazaro

NASA scientists have announced that Voyager 1 probe is nearing the very edge of the Solar system. Photograph of one of the two identical Voyager space...

Voyager 1 Entered Stagnation Region at Solar System Edge

Dec 6, 2011 by News Staff

Voyager 1 spacecraft has entered a new region between our Solar system and interstellar space, stated in a press release from NASA. Data obtained from...