SPACE TRAVEL: REACHING FOR THE STARS
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SPACE TRAVEL: REACHING FOR THE STARS
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OUT OF SIGHT DOES NOT MEAN OUT OF MIND: VOYAGERS 1 & 2 NEAR EDGE OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM
It's been thirty-five years since Voyager probes 1 & 2 were launched, the probes are expected to reach the brink of interstellar space "soon" though an exact date is unknown. Scientists speculate that it could be a matter of months or years before the crafts, which were launched 16 days apart in 1977 are expected to cross the so-called magnetic superhighway. The highway is where the sun's magnetic field and the interstellar magnetic field meet. This milestone marks the furthest man-made object from Earth.
Live long and prosper Voyagers... just don't return as V'Ger ! To read an interesting article on the space probes' epic journey click on this link courtesy of ScienceNews.org:
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/346856/description/Voyager_crossing_superhighway_to_solar_system_exit_
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
OUT OF SIGHT DOES NOT MEAN OUT OF MIND: VOYAGERS 1 & 2 NEAR EDGE OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM
It's been thirty-five years since Voyager probes 1 & 2 were launched, the probes are expected to reach the brink of interstellar space "soon" though an exact date is unknown. Scientists speculate that it could be a matter of months or years before the crafts, which were launched 16 days apart in 1977 are expected to cross the so-called magnetic superhighway. The highway is where the sun's magnetic field and the interstellar magnetic field meet. This milestone marks the furthest man-made object from Earth.
Live long and prosper Voyagers... just don't return as V'Ger ! To read an interesting article on the space probes' epic journey click on this link courtesy of ScienceNews.org:
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/346856/description/Voyager_crossing_superhighway_to_solar_system_exit_
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
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