At The Edge Of Our Solar System, NASA’s Voyager 1 Found A ‘Wall Of Fire’
Nothing manmade has reached further from Earth than the Voyager series of spacecraft. Hurtling away from the sun…
From Voyager to Tesla car! 5 man-made objects on an endless journey through space
Launched in 1977, the Voyager twins are the farthest human-made objects from Earth. Voyager 1 is now more…
What did Voyager 2 capture in its last image before its cameras fell silent?
Launched in 1977, Voyager 2 was the only spacecraft to complete a ‘grand tour’ of all four outer…
How many years NASA’s Voyager-1 will take to exit our solar system?
Key numbers used Voyager 1 speed ≈ 17 km/s (typical quoted value). 1 astronomical unit (AU) = 149,597,870.7…
When will Voyager 1 go silent and what are NASA’s plans for its final days?
Communication depends on Voyager’s 3.7-metre high-gain antenna transmitting narrow, low-power X-band radio signals. Those signals are captured by…