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troutman · 06-15-2012, 02:43 PM

Voyager reaches edge of solar system
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Science/.../19882361.html

The Voyager 1 space probe has reached the edge of the solar system, extending its record for being the most distant man-made object in space.

According to a statement from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, the spacecraft is sending back data to Earth showing a sharp increase in charged particles that originate from beyond the solar system.

“Voyager scientists looking at this rapid rise draw closer to an inevitable but historic conclusion - that humanity’s first emissary to interstellar space is on the edge of our solar system,” NASA said in the statement.

Voyager 1, along with its sister spacecraft Voyager 2, was launched in 1977 and is now about 18 billion kilometres from the Sun. It is moving at a speed of about 17 km per second and it currently takes 16 hours and 38 minutes for data to reach NASA’s network on Earth. Voyager 2 is about 15 billion kilometres from the Sun.

06-15-2012, 02:43 PM	#1534
troutman Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Crowsnest Pass Exp:	Voyager reaches edge of solar system http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Science/.../19882361.html The Voyager 1 space probe has reached the edge of the solar system, extending its record for being the most distant man-made object in space. According to a statement from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, the spacecraft is sending back data to Earth showing a sharp increase in charged particles that originate from beyond the solar system. “Voyager scientists looking at this rapid rise draw closer to an inevitable but historic conclusion - that humanity’s first emissary to interstellar space is on the edge of our solar system,” NASA said in the statement. Voyager 1, along with its sister spacecraft Voyager 2, was launched in 1977 and is now about 18 billion kilometres from the Sun. It is moving at a speed of about 17 km per second and it currently takes 16 hours and 38 minutes for data to reach NASA’s network on Earth. Voyager 2 is about 15 billion kilometres from the Sun.