Thursday, May 26, 2005

V-Ger!

Voyager One, launched 28 years ago, is 8.7 billion miles from the sun in a region called the heliosheath, located just beyond the termination shock, or precursor of the boundary that marks the beginning of interstellar space. Posted by Hello

NASA's Voyager One spacecraft has entered the final frontier of our solar system and is cruising its way to a vast area marking the beginning of interstellar space.

The spacecraft, launched 28 years ago, is 8.7 billion miles from the sun in a region called the heliosheath, located just beyond the termination shock, or precursor of the boundary that marks the beginning of interstellar space.

"Voyager One has entered the final lap on its race to the edge of the interstellar space," said Edward Stone, project scientist at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, which manages NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

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