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Voyager 2 At 12,000 Days
NASA launched the Voyager 2 spacecraft on August 20, 1977, when Jimmy Carter was president. It has now operated continuously for 12,000 days, nearly 33 years. The venerable spacecraft has been returned data on the giant outer planets and the solar wind acting beyond the planets. Voyager 2 discovered Neptune’s Great Dark Spot and its 1,000-mph winds. The Voyager spacecraft is the longest continuously operating spacecraft in deep space. Voyager 1 launched about two weeks after Voyager 2 on Sept. 5, 1977.
The two spacecraft are the most distant human-made objects, out at the edge of the solar system. Voyager 1 will leave our solar system and enter interstellar space in the next five years or so, with Voyager 2 following shortly after that. It has traveled more than 13 billion miles on its winding path through the planets, now nearly 9 billion miles from the sun. A signal from Earth, traveling at the speed of light, takes 12.8 hours one-way to reach Voyager 2.
Voyager 1 will reach the 12,000-day mark on July 13, 2010 after traveling more than 14 billion miles. It is currently more than 11 billion miles from the sun.
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Voyager 2 At 12,000 Days
NASA launched the Voyager 2 spacecraft on August 20, 1977, when Jimmy Carter was president. It has now operated continuously for 12,000 days, nearly 33 years. The venerable spacecraft has been returned data on the giant outer planets and the solar wind acting beyond the planets. Voyager 2 discovered Neptune’s Great Dark Spot and its 1,000-mph winds. The Voyager spacecraft is the longest continuously operating spacecraft in deep space. Voyager 1 launched about two weeks after Voyager 2 on Sept. 5, 1977.
The two spacecraft are the most distant human-made objects, out at the edge of the solar system. Voyager 1 will leave our solar system and enter interstellar space in the next five years or so, with Voyager 2 following shortly after that. It has traveled more than 13 billion miles on its winding path through the planets, now nearly 9 billion miles from the sun. A signal from Earth, traveling at the speed of light, takes 12.8 hours one-way to reach Voyager 2.
Voyager 1 will reach the 12,000-day mark on July 13, 2010 after traveling more than 14 billion miles. It is currently more than 11 billion miles from the sun.
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