What have we learned from Voyager 1?

Voyager 1 is the first human-made object to venture into interstellar space. Voyager 1 discovered a thin ring around Jupiter and two new Jovian moons: Thebe and Metis. At Saturn, Voyager 1 found five new moons and a new ring called the G-ring.

Are Voyager probes still working?

But farther—much farther—Voyager 1, one of the oldest space probes and the most distant human-made object from Earth, is still doing science. The probe is well into the fourth decade of its mission, and it hasn’t come near a planet since it flew past Saturn in 1980.

How long will the Voyager probes last?

Even if science data won’t likely be collected after 2025, engineering data could continue to be returned for several more years. The two Voyager spacecraft could remain in the range of the Deep Space Network through about 2036, depending on how much power the spacecraft still have to transmit a signal back to Earth.

How fast is the Voyager space probe traveling?

35,000 miles per hour
Traveling at speeds of over 35,000 miles per hour, it will take the Voyagers nearly 40,000 years, and they will have traveled a distance of about two light years to reach this rather indistinct boundary. But there is a more definitive and unambiguous frontier, which the Voyagers will approach and pass through.

Where is the Voyager space probe now?

interstellar space
NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft is currently over 14.1 billion miles from Earth. It’s moving at a speed of approximately 38,000 miles per hour and not long ago passed through our solar system’s boundary with interstellar space.

What happened to Voyager 1 and Voyager 2?

Both Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 have reached “Interstellar space” and each continue their unique journey through the Universe. In the NASA Eyes on the Solar System app, you can see the real spacecraft trajectories of the Voyagers, which are updated every five minutes.

What kind of spacecraft is the Voyager?

Spacecraft The identical Voyager spacecraft are three-axis stabilized systems that use celestial or gyro referenced attitude control to maintain pointing of the high-gain antennas toward Earth. The prime mission science payload consisted of 10 instruments (11 investigations including radio science). Interactive 3-D Spacecraft Model

How long will Voyager 1 and 2’s thrusters last?

Voyager 2 last used these thrusters (known as trajectory correction maneuver thrusters) during its encounter with Neptune in 1989. The engineers’ plan to manage power and aging parts should ensure that Voyager 1 and 2 can continue to collect data from interstellar space for several years to come.

How long will the Voyager Interstellar Mission last?

The Voyager Interstellar Mission has the potential for obtaining useful interplanetary, and possibly interstellar, fields, particles, and waves science data until around the year 2025 when the spacecraft’s ability to generate adequate electrical power for continued science instrument operation will come to an end.