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Official account for NASA’s Voyager 1 & 2 spacecraft, the longest operating spacecraft in deep space. 🛰 Team HQ'd (Verification: nasa.gov/socialmedia)
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Can you hear me now? 📡 Last night, I reestablished full communications with Earth thanks to some quick thinking and a lot of collaboration. I'm operating normally and remain on my expected trajectory. So glad I can finally phone home. -V2 More: go.nasa.gov/3Y9qP7D
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I'm currently 14.7 billion miles / 23.8 billion km from Earth. I can pick up the faint hum of plasma waves produced by the Sun, although your star looks like a tiny speck of light from out here. 🖖 - V1
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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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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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Voyager 2 and I hit some milestones #OTD: 🪐 - My twin had a close flyby of Saturn in 1981 🔵 - In 1989, Voyager 2 encountered Neptune - I entered interstellar space in 2012, becoming the first human-made object to explore this part of the universe. voyager.jpl.nasa.gov
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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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46 years later, and I'm still kicking it out here! #OTD in 1977, I launched into space – about two weeks before V1. It's been quite the journey! Check out some of my favorite moments so far... ⬇️ - V2
An image of Neptune taken by Voyager 2 as it passed by the planet in the summer of 1989. A large blue planet about the size of Earth overtakes the full image. The blue color is bright and hypnotizing. The blue coloring is made of a thick soup of water, ammonia, and methane flowing over the planet's solid core.
An image of Jupiter taken by Voyager 2 as it passed by the planet in March 1979. The large planet is covered in a tapestry of swirling tan bands and spots. Its famous giant red spot is visible on the lower right area of the planet.
An image of Uranus taken by Voyager 2 as it passed by the planet in January 1986. The planet is a soothing icy green-blue color. The surface looks milky - most likely from its mostly hydrogen-helium atmosphere.
An image of Saturn taken by Voyager 2 as it passed by the planet in November 1980. Its magnificent, show-stopping rings stretch out around the planet while several of its moons are visible and dancing around the planet's lower perimeter.
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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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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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Good news: Engineers have fixed the issue that, earlier this year, caused my attitude control system data to come back garbled. The team has declared me healthy, which is great, because I still have more interstellar exploring to do! More at go.nasa.gov/3R2vfZH
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You CAN teach an old spacecraft new tricks. My twin, Voyager 2, fired up trajectory correction thrusters for the first time since the Neptune flyby in '89 and they worked like a champ. They'll be used to point the spacecraft for the foreseeable future. go.nasa.gov/2LP1BYS
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Celebrate good times, come on! My project scientist, Ed Stone, is being honored with the prestigious Shaw Prize in Astronomy for his mission leadership since 1972. We've been together from before launch, past the planets and into interstellar space. go.nasa.gov/2Etpxge
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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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There’s no place like home. 🌏
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42 years ago #today, Voyager I captured this historic image-- the first time the Earth and Moon had been photographed in the same frame. 11.66 million kilometers (7.25 million miles) from Earth, the spacecraft was directly above Mt. Everest at the time.
The Earth in the lower foreground and a pale half moon in the upper left corner.
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Here's the skinny: My twin went to do a roll to calibrate the onboard magnetometer, overdrew power and tripped software designed to automatically protect the spacecraft. Voyager 2's power state is good and instruments are back on. Resuming science soon. go.nasa.gov/38O37mC
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While Neptune was discovered on this evening in 1846, I was the first spacecraft to observe the planet up close! It was the last planet I visited in the solar system before venturing into the great unknown, er, interstellar space. - V2
Voyager 2's view of Neptune, 57,000,000 kilometers (35 million miles) away. A small round planet emerges from the blackness and looks like a small marble floating in space. Dark stripes or bands are visible on the planet and a dark spot appears on its lower left side.
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I’m nearing the 40th anniversary of my close encounter with Saturn’s huge moon, Titan. I sent back pictures of its thick, opaque atmosphere and indications liquid might be present on the surface. (It is.) Science out today reveals more about the surface: go.nasa.gov/3kG9LBH
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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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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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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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Rumors of Voyager 2's exit from the heliosphere have been greatly exaggerated. Check out the y-axis on this graph. It goes down to 19. We're waiting for a count of near zero heliospheric particles/sec before she's joined me in interstellar space. go.nasa.gov/2JThxXq
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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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Knowledge is power! ⚡️ Thanks to my team, I'm now using a small reserve of backup power to operate the five science instruments I use to study interstellar space. Because of this, I can postpone shutting down one of my science instruments until 2026, rather than this year. – V2
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Pics or it didn't happen. 📸 On this day in 1979, I made my closest approach to Jupiter, flying within 350,000 miles (563,000 km) of the planet’s cloud tops and confirmed the existence of a thin ring surrounding the planet. - V2
A color image of Jupiter captured by Voyager 2. The planet is a circular shape draped in a marbled yellow, white, and tan coloring. The planet's "Great Red Spot" is visible toward the lower right side of the planet, but is more of a tan color in this image than reddish.
This is a black-and-white image of Jupiter’s thin ring system taken by Voyager 2. A fuzzy half of a bright white ring is visible, tilting from the top left corner of the image to the bottom right.
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Still sciencing after all these years… In revisiting data from my twin’s 1986 Uranus flyby, researchers discovered one more secret: the planet seems to be losing some of its atmosphere into space, and its weird magnetic field might be why. go.nasa.gov/3afRS7s
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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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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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I remember this! I blasted off aboard a Titan-Centaur rocket. 46 years later, I'm now about 14 billion miles / 24 billion km from Earth! - V1
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#OTD in 1977, Voyager 1 joined its twin, Voyager 2, in exploring the cosmos. Since then, @NASAVoyager has visited the outer planets in our solar system and both have gone where no other human-made objects have gone before! go.nasa.gov/3R9Y8WS
This animation depicts the Voyager spacecraft flying through star-filled space. Voyager has a large, white, dish-shaped high-gain antenna with a cluster of electronics and propulsion hardware attached behind it. Thin antennas and booms with detectors project from the sides of the spacecraft. As Voyager passes by, the inside of the white dish is revealed, showing a triangle of thin beams holding a small, round, white low-gain antenna above its surface. The image is watermarked “Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech” and “Artist’s concept.”
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A message from our team. -V1 🖖
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Earth to Voyager... 📡 The Deep Space Network has picked up a carrier signal from @NASAVoyager 2 during its regular scan of the sky. A bit like hearing the spacecraft's “heartbeat," it confirms the spacecraft is still broadcasting, which engineers expected. twitter.com/NASAJPL/status…
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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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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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Some of you have asked how fast we're going. We're currently traveling at speeds of over 35,000 miles per hour. (A typical commercial passenger jet flies at a speed of about 400-500 knots, which is around 460-575 mph. So we're going kinda fast.) - V1 and V2
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