Post Reports Voyager 1 revealed secrets of our universe. Is its time up?
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Jul 17, 2024 Explore Voyager 1's epic journey through space, its crucial role in expanding our cosmic knowledge, and the recent crisis that jeopardized its mission. Meet the dedicated team at NASA working to revive the spacecraft and keep it alive in interstellar space.
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Voyager's Design and Golden Record
- Voyager 1 was about the size of a small car with 11 scientific instruments and a large satellite dish.
- It carried the Golden Record, a gold-plated copper disc with Earth's sounds and greetings for possible extraterrestrials.
Voyager Changed Our Cosmic View
- Voyager radically changed our understanding of moons by showing diverse, active worlds unlike Earth's moon.
- The 1990 Pale Blue Dot image offered a humbling perspective of Earth's smallness in space.
Voyager Probes Interstellar Space
- Voyager 1 crossed into interstellar space in 2012, entering a denser, harsher environment beyond the sun's influence.
- It provides unique measurements of cosmic rays, magnetic fields, and dust in regions never explored before.