Voyager 1 is almost to the fringe of the solar system as it presses on with a quest that began in 1977. Voyager 1 has been sightseeing on a 33-year "Grand Tour" of the planets and is pressing onward and outward. Voyager 1 heads to the stars carrying the Voyager Golden Record, an accumulation of sounds and pictures of Earth that offers a picture of the probes origins to whomever it may encounter. NASA probably had to obtain a large payday loan to pay for the Voyager 1 even in 1977.
The Voyage 1 might bring us to interstellar space
About 38,185 mph is the velocity at which the Voyager 1 is traveling. On December 14, it is known that the Voyager 1 was about 11 billion miles from earth. The region of space called the heliosheath is where it is right now. The heliosheat could be defined. It is the limit of the range of solar wind that is going on. A bubble called the heliospere is exactly what the bubble is called that has charged particles emanating from the sun for making up the solar wind. Since the solar win, which is measured by instruments onboard, went to zero, NASA scientists know the Voyager 1 is in the heliosheath rather than the heliophere. Hopefully, it won't be long before the Voyager 1 leaves the heliosheath to go into interstellar space. It is expected to be about another four years.
The Voyager 1 has been lots of areas
The alignment of outer planets was taken into account when the Voyager 1 was sent on a mission on Sept 5, 1977. Voyager 1 was prepared to use "gravity assist" which was a newly discovered theory to use Jupiter gravity in order to get more speed and be slingshot into outer space. Voyager 1 beamed the 1st high-resolution photos of Jupiter in 1979 and Saturn in 1980. The "Pale Blue Dot" was the last picture sent by Voyager 1 in 1990 which is a "family portrait" of the solar system with the Earth against the black background. Data will likely keep being transmitted until 2025 by the probe. This is because it’s nuclear powered. More than 16 hours are needed for Voyager 1 to get radio signals to Earth.
Voyager Golden Record
A sample of life on earth in 1977 could be shown with the Voyager golden Record to aliens if the Voyager 1 runs into any. The Voyager Golden Record is a gold-plated copper phonograph record complete with turntable and stylus containing data about the solar system and its planets, plus images of existence on the planet from humans to insects. There were lots of sounds put on there. Included were music samples from Beethoven to Chuck Berry, birds singing and even the sound of the ocean.
Information from
Universe Today
universetoday.com/81662/voyager-1-has-outdistanced-the-solar-wind/
Daily Mail
dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1338448/Voyager-near-solar-edge-33-years-launch.html
Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_Golden_Record
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