September 5, 1977 the Voyager 1 Space Probe was sent into space on the rocket to study the outer Solar System and then see where things go from there.
At the time of this post, it’s been roughly 38 years and 2 months since that fateful day and the Voyager 1 Space Probe continues to communicate with the Deep Space Network and transmit data from the furthest realms of the Solar System.
In honor of this spacecraft, the single further object ever sent out into space by mankind,
The mission Voyager 1 has been tasked with is to study the outer space. The Voyager 1 has spent a great deal of time performing flybys of Saturn, Jupiter and Titan – Saturn’s largest moon.
One of the most exciting and more notable achievements made by Voyager 1 includes studying the rings, magnetic fields and weather on both Jupiter and Saturn, capturing and sending detailed images of their moons back to Scientists and Astronomers here on Earth.
In 2012, Voyager 1 became the first spacecraft to travel beyond the limits of interstellar space and crossed through the heliopause. With great anticipation, Voyager 1 immediately began studying the famous interstellar medium and sending data back to Earth.
Best estimates have the Voyager 1 Space Probe in working condition until around 2025. At this time, the Voyager 1 Space Probe’s thermoelectric generators will no longer work.
At the Space Probe’s current distance from earth. its signal take around 18 hours to finally reach the Earth. Another amazing feat for Voyager 1 is the discovery of volcanic activity in Jupiter’s moon Io; which was a very welcomed and shocking surprise.
In fact, this was the first time volcanic activity has been found on another astronomical body in the Solar System other than here on Earth.
Traveling at 38,000 miles per hour Yeah, that’s right, the Voyager 1 Space Probe is one of the fasted moving man-made objects in space! It travels at a little more than !
Despite how fast the Voyager 1 Space Probe is traveling, it’s barely left the Solar System and we’re decades after its launch.
Something to keep in mind, it will take Voyager 1 nearly 300 years to reach the famous Oort Cloud and it’ll take around 30,000 years just to go from the entry point of the Oort Cloud ring to the exit.
One last tidbit to chew on, NASA speculates that the Voyager 1 Space Probe might wander around the Milky Way eternally. What a life!
The Voyager 1 carries a golden record with song mixes, a speech from the President of the United States, a baby cry and even music from Mozart and other masters.This is a gold-plated disc created with a unique purpose: to be a useful device if the Voyager 1 Space Probe is ever found by other intelligent beings from other planetary system.
he Voyager 1 Space Probe has an unthinkable distance from Earth of roughly 12,427,423,844 miles. This distance only increases every second and at an immaculate pace.
In fact, the Voyager 1 Space Probe has been exploring places that no other spacecraft has ever gone before. Voyager 1 is further away from the Sun than Pluto, which is amazing to think that mankind has achieved the ability to send objects out of our Solar System.
Right now Voyager 1 is traveling into the great area Astronomers refer to as interstellar space, which is a region define as the space between stars. Interstellar space is filled with a plethora of various materials produced when a star dies.
he Voyager 1 Space Probe, along with its cousin, the Voyager 2 Space Probe, have both studied each of the giant and gas planets in our Solar System. The giant planets included Jupiter and Saturn, and the gas planets include Uranus and Neptune.
In addition to this exciting accomplishment, both of these Space Probes have studied a variety of each of these massive planet’s moons. Another important aspect of the Voyager’s missions was to study the unique and awesome system of magnetic fields and rings around these outer objects.
In fact, the Voyager 1 Space Probe is one of the few probes to go beyond the planets in our massive Solar System. By passing Pioneer 10, another Space Probe, Voyager 1 has become the most-distant spacecraft ever to be launched into the outer space.
Voyager 1 has been travelling nearly a million miles per day (912,000 miles, give or take) since its launch decades ago. At that speed and that distance, the Voyager 1 Space Probe needs a lot of features to protect its integrity when traveling alone through the abyss of outer space.
The Voyager 1 has the ability to automatically program itself to rest in a safe state within seconds of detected danger. This amazing feature (even for back in 1977) is paramount for its survival and longevity.
In fact, Some argue that the Voyager 1 Space Probe is the single greatest feat undertaken by NASA in the exploration of outer space.
The Voyager 1 Space Probe has been traveling through space at nearly 38,000 miles per hour for the last 38 years. Though, the original plan from NASA was to simply end its mission within 4 years of launch, the little Voyager 1 Space Probe that could just keeps on chugging along.
There’s no question that the Voyager 1 Space Probe has far exceeded everyone’s expectations. Some say it’s the best use of monies by NASA, ever. Voyager 1 took a “family portrait” of the Solar System from around 4,000,000,000 miles away from Earth, what a sight.
However, in 2025 the Voyager 1 will not longer work and will remain dormant for eternity. Nonetheless, the Voyager 1 Space Probe has done an immaculate job and we in another decade, all we can do is hope that one day intelligent beings will find one of the greatest achievements of mankind; the Voyager 1 Space Probe.
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