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The official account for NASA’s twin Voyager 1 & 2 spacecraft, the longest operating spacecraft in deep space. 🛰 Mission team headquartered at
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37 years ago, my twin flew past Uranus’ cloud tops and sent back thousands of images, including this one. This first (and only) flyby of the second-farthest planet shed new light on its rings, atmosphere, interior, and the magnetic environment surrounding it.
A black image shows a deep and thin crescent shape in white that outlines the shape of Uranus. This image was taken in January 1986 when Voyager 2 made its close approach of Uranus. The crescent starts from the upper right corner, curving through the left-of-center of the image and ending the curve to the lower-right part of the vertical image.
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Wishing a happy birthday to our longtime project scientist, Ed Stone 🥳️ Hope your day is out-of-this-heliosphere!
A black and white photo from 1972 shows Ed Stone at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He is dressed in a suite and tie with a full-scale model of the Voyager spacecraft behind him. The dish-shaped top is shown above his head and a long, metal antenna is off to the left side of the photo and extends past the frame.
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It's not easy exploring the furthest reaches of our solar system! Congrats to my fellow long-haul traveler,
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#OTD in 2006, @NASA's New Horizons left Earth, ultimately changing our understanding of Pluto, the Kuiper Belt, and beyond. Now, 5.2 billion miles away (and counting), New Horizons and @NASAVoyager are the farthest operational human-made objects in space.
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The latest episode of the "Small Steps, Giant Leaps" podcast was released yesterday - and it finally reached me (and my twin) in interstellar space! 🎧 Hear from Suzanne Dodd, our incredible project manager, wherever you get your podcasts:
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Small Steps, Giant Leaps Podcast
NASA’s technical workforce put boots on the Moon, tire tracks on Mars, and the first reusable spacecraft in orbit around the Earth. Learn what’s next as they build missions that redefine the future wi
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Happy retirement! 🥳️ After 50 years, Ed Stone has retired as project scientist on our mission. He led us through the outer solar system and guided us into interstellar space. His hard work and dedication inspires us to keep exploring! go.nasa.gov/3N36SK6
Ed Stone stands in front of a scale-model of the Voyager spacecraft. He faces toward the right with a slight smile on his face. He has clear glasses on and white hair. Behind him is a gold record and black metal pieces of the base of the Voyager spacecraft. Above his head is a white half-dome that makes up the top of Voyager.
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Thanks for riding along these past few weeks as we 'voyaged' back in time and celebrated 45 years of exploration! Onward and outward into interstellar space. ✨
This artist's concept depicts NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft entering interstellar space, or the space between stars.
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Great things take time. #OTD 45 years ago, I took the most important ride of my life atop Titan/Centaur-6. 🚀 Not everyone remembers that my launch was delayed twice to prevent issues. But when it finally happened... it was termed "flawless and accurate."
NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft launched atop its Titan/Centaur-6 launch vehicle from the Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex in Florida on September 5, 1977, at 8:56 a.m. local time.
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In addition to the well-known sounds on my Golden Record, images like these were included as a beacon of humanity to those I might encounter on my journey. I carry this message into the cosmos thanks to astronomy pioneers like Dr. Frank Drake (1930-2022).
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Kinda like time traveling...! You can now retrace our 45-year flight path and experience what it's been like for us to travel through the solar system. Check out this updated immersive visualization created by our human friends back home. go.nasa.gov/3ekejz7
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We wouldn't exist if it wasn't for the imagination of those who built us. If you were going to send a spacecraft to explore our solar system, what would it look like? Draw your own interstellar robotic explorer for a chance to be featured on our website: go.nasa.gov/3Kq4WtN
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🔴LIVE Now! Tune in for a real-time chat with our team. Learn how we still challenge them in new ways and how they keep us operating and sending back science data from the space between the stars. Drop your questions in the comments ⇣
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Voyager at 45: NASA’s Longest and Farthest Explorers (Live Q&A)
Launched in 1977, the twin Voyager probes are NASA’s longest-operating mission and the only spacecraft ever to explore interstellar space. For two decades af...
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🍿LIVE Now There’s no such thing as true exploration without a little drama! Did you know that our first photos of Uranus and Neptune were in danger of coming back fuzzy? Watch rare footage + witness stories from engineers + scientists who were there ⬇️
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JPL and the Space Age: The Footsteps of Voyager
While the legendary Voyager 2 was in the midst of its triumphant Grand Tour through the outer planets, the space shuttle era was underway on Earth. NASA’s Je...
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2012: Voyager 1 enters interstellar space ✨ Though other NASA missions can observe interstellar space (the space between the stars) from afar, we are the first *and only* spacecraft flying through interstellar space with science instruments. 🤓
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1989: Voyager 2 became the first spacecraft to observe the planet Neptune. 🥇 Voyager 2 traveled 12 years at an average velocity of 19 kilometers per second (about 42,000 mph to reach Neptune, which is 30 times farther from the Sun than Earth!
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1981: Voyager 2 flies by Saturn 🪐 Our close-range observations provided high-resolution data far different from what our humans imagined based on centuries of Earth-based studies. Fun fact: We both measured the rotation of Saturn (length of a day) at 10 hrs, 39 mins, 24 secs.
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We're told that we continue to exceed expectations. But our story is not just about astounding and unexpected discoveries, we've also had our share of setbacks. Learn how we persevered and went on to explore the deep reaches of our solar system.
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JPL and the Space Age: The Stuff of Dreams
In 1977, the greatest adventure in space exploration began with the launch of the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft, two robotic explorers designed to explo...
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Our friend Carl Sagan said it best, “astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience.” We tend to agree.
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Boldly going where no other spacecraft has gone before. As @NASAVoyager turns 45, we're celebrating how these cultural icons contributed to our understanding of our place in the cosmic arena. What's your favorite Voyager moment? 📸: Voyager 1, 6.4B kilometers from 🌎
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We’re turning 45! To kick off the celebration of this milestone, our project manager will be talking to you all live on Aug. 18 to answer questions about our decades-long mission. Tune in at 7 pm PT (10 pm ET) and leave your questions in the comments.
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Voyager – 45 Years in Space (Live Public Talk)
As the twin Voyager spacecraft approach their 45th anniversary, we take a look at where the mission has been, what they’ve taught us, and where they go from ...
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While our power budgets will continue to get tighter, our team thinks we can continue to do science for at least another five years. I might get to celebrate my 50th launch anniversary or even operate into the 2030s!
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Hello from interstellar space! 👋 While I’ve been quiet on here the last few weeks, my engineering team has been hard at work. First, they’re still investigating my telemetry data - but don’t worry, I’m still able to receive and execute commands from Earth.
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Do you ever feel misunderstood? My team is investigating an issue with my data. Even though I’m sending signals and operating normally, some data readouts don’t exactly match what’s happening out here. While they investigate, I’ll keep doing my thing.
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Engineers Investigating NASA’s Voyager 1 Telemetry Data
While the spacecraft continues to return science data and otherwise operate as normal, the mission team is searching for the source of a system data issue.
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Unveiling a giant.🤩Taken in 1979, this is my 1st close-up image of Jupiter. I enjoyed studying the planet. My cameras did a meteorological surveillance and revealed a dynamic atmosphere with more convective structure than had previously been thought. go.nasa.gov/3HyrQfv
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40 years ago, Voyager 2 flew by Saturn. Up-close views by my twin and I illuminated the planet and its rings as never before! Both of us laid the groundwork for the Cassini mission which continued our legacy of unraveling Saturn's mysteries.
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Linda Spilker's Voyager 2 Remembrances
Surprises - good and bad - as Voyager 2 closed in on Saturn in 1981. On the anniversary of Voyager's close approach to Saturn, Linda Spilker of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory remembers.
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#OTD in 1979, my twin, Voyager 2 made its closest approach to Jupiter. Highlights include: first images of its ring system, observations of Europa that suggest cracks in ice over a liquid ocean and active volcanoes on Io that erupt at least several months. go.nasa.gov/3hq5CCs
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An astronaut’s view of Earth started season three of our “On a Mission” podcast, and in the season finale, we see The Pale Blue Dot from the perspective of
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Season 3, Episode 10 - Voyager's View Of Earth
The Voyager 1 spacecraft has traveled farther away from Earth than any human-made object. Candy Hansen and David Grinspoon talk about the Voyager mission, and its humbling perspective of our planet as
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