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Thirty-five years ago this week, Voyager 1 was launched. Its mission\u2014along with its sister craft, Voyager 2 (which, interestingly enough, was launched two weeks earlier)\u2014was to explore the outer reaches of our solar system and the beginnings of interstellar space. Aboard each craft was a gold-plated audio disc<\/a> containing sounds, images and messages from Earth, on the off-chance either was ever found by intelligent life from outside the Solar System.<\/p>\n

In 1979 and 1980, Voyager 1 visited Jupiter and Saturn, respectively. While there, the craft provided the first high-resolution pictures and conducted other studies of the two planets and their respective satellites. This resulted in the first views of Jupiter\u2019s ring system, discovery of volcanic activity on the moon Io, the first close analysis of the atmosphere of Titan, and detection of complex structures in Saturn\u2019s rings.<\/p>\n

A close flyby of Saturn\u2019s moon, Titan, meant that Voyager wouldn\u2019t get a close look at the other three outer planets (including, at the time, Pluto<\/a>). After leaving Saturn, Voyager headed toward the far reaches of the Solar System, eventually to reach interstellar space.<\/p>\n

In the 32 years since Saturn, Voyager has sent back data regarding the Solar System, much of it focused on finding the heliopause\u2014the point where the force of the solar wind no longer is strong enough to push back against particles in the interstellar medium. Scientists believe that it crossed the \u201ctermination shock\u201d (where the solar wind slows to subsonic speeds) in 2004. Late in 2010, it entered the heliosheath (the region just outside the termination shock), where there is no outward-flowing solar wind; it instead flows sideways, similar to two streams of water or other fluid hitting each other.<\/p>\n

As of June 2012, Voyager has been reporting a substantial increase of interstellar charged particles, indicating that it has nearly reached the heliopause, and is getting ready to move into interstellar space, something that should happen within the next three years.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s really something to think that, soon, mankind will soon be taking its first direct measurements and exploration of the universe from outside the Sun\u2019s influence. The amount of things we have the potential to learn from the Voyagers (and, of course, the New Frontiers probe launched in 2006 that will explore Pluto, then go on to the Kuiper belt, which lies outside the heliopause), is simply staggering.<\/p>\n

Oh, not all things named Voyager get launched into space….there’s some fine earthbound items<\/a> that do the name proud as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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