More evidence that Voyager has exited the solar system, Houston Chronicle “New data from the spacecraft, which I will discuss below, indicate Voyager 1 may have exited the solar system for good. If true, this would mark a truly historic moment for the human race — sending a spacecraft beyond the edge of our home solar system.” Voyager Recent 6 Hour History Voyage Cosmic Ray Subsystem (Data Graphic)

Voyager 1 achievements not unlike Magellan travels, moon landing, Huntsville Times “The science is dazzling enough: the discoveries made and the measurements gauged by Voyager 1 as it hurtles toward the outer reaches of the Milky Way. But to Gary Zank, this is more than mere science.” “… What makes Voyager 1 unique, however, is that it is approaching the edge of the Milky Way. It’s possible it could leave […]

Keith’s note: NASA JPL Employee @doug_ellison recently tweeted “Based on some MIPS benchmarks, and the RAD750 cpu on MSL…my iPhone 4S is 12x more powerful than Curiosity.” Gee … NASA is always bragging about all of the advanced gizmos they have (justifiably) – but they never talk about how outdated some of their things are – and why. Among other things, the reasons why old stuff is used have to […]

NASA’s Voyager 1 Sees Solar Wind Decline En Route To Interstellar Space “The 33-year odyssey of NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft has reached a distant point at the edge of our solar system where there is no outward motion of solar wind. Now hurtling toward interstellar space some 10.8 billion miles from the sun, Voyager 1 has crossed into an area where the velocity of the hot ionized gas, or plasma, […]