From more than 15 billion miles away, NASA engineers began repairing a space probe headed toward the constellation Ophiucus in April, though it will take another 38,000 years to arrive. NASA launched Voyager 1 in 1977, and it has already exceeded expectations, but the space agency hopes to continue receiving data from the probe until … Read more
Flying over 15 billion miles from Earth, Voyager 1 is the first man-made object to move through interstellar space. Traveling at about 60,000 kilometers per hour relative to the Sun, Voyager 1 is currently the farthest human object. It is a technological marvel that has been zooming around the orbits of the planets for almost … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. The Voyager 1 spacecraft is sending back a steady stream of science data from uncharted territory for the first time since a computer glitch disrupted NASA’s historic mission seven months ago. Voyager 1, currently Earth’s … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. CNN — The Voyager 1 spacecraft is sending back a steady stream of science data from uncharted territory for the first time since a computer glitch disrupted NASA’s historic mission seven months ago. Voyager 1, … Read more
NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA’s Voyager 1 is shown in an artist’s illustration as the spacecraft travels through interstellar space, or the space between stars. Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. CNN — The Voyager 1 spacecraft is sending back a steady stream of … Read more
Edward C. Stone, who opened a window to the farthest reaches of the solar system while serving as chief scientist of NASA’s Voyager mission, which oversaw a pair of spindly, plutonium-powered spacecraft that continue to operate billions of miles from Earth, died in June 9 at his home in Pasadena, California. He was 88. His … Read more
A gentle voice we have longed for drifts back to us from interstellar space, 15 billion miles away. Voyager 1 – the most distant man-made object on Earth – sounds like itself again on the deep space radio network after six months of gibberish. Scientists at NASA are thrilled. “We’re back, baby!” reads an X-post … Read more
Edward C. Stone, the visionary physicist who sent NASA’s Voyager spacecraft to run rings around our solar system’s outer planets and, for the first time, go further to unravel interstellar mysteries, died Sunday at his home in Pasadena, California . 88. His death was confirmed by his daughter Susan C. Stone. Inspired by the launch … Read more
WASHINGTON – The four instruments on NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft are returning science data for the first time since a computer failure last November, as scientists hope to keep the mission operational for another decade. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory announced June 13 that the spacecraft’s four instruments, which measure plasma waves, magnetic fields and particles … Read more
Humanity has lost an interstellar pioneer. Ed Stone, who was a project scientist for NASA’s groundbreaking Voyager mission from 1972 to 2022, died on Sunday (June 9) at the age of 88. “Ed Stone was a pioneer who dared mighty things in space. He was a dear friend to all who knew him, and a … Read more