OTD In Space – March 4: Jupiter's Rings Discovered
NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft took the first photos of rings around Jupiter. This was the first time anyone had seen Jupiter’s ...
PBS7 年
Voyager: A History in Photos
Voyager 2 preceded it into space by 16 days, but Voyager 1 quickly overtook it on a faster trajectory, and arrived at Jupiter 4 months before its sister craft. Voyager 1 took this photo of Jupiter ...
Hackaday2 年
How Is Voyager Still Talking After All These Years?
The tech news channels were recently abuzz with stories about strange signals coming back from Voyager 1. While the usual ... a probe would be able to reach Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune ...
Orange County Register7 天
NASA powers down two instruments on twin Voyager spacecraft to save power
Voyager 1 discovered a thin ring around Jupiter and several of Saturn’s moons, and Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft to visit Uranus and Neptune. Each spacecraft still has three instruments apiec ...
Indiatimes6 天
Power saver mode: Nasa switches off instrument aboard Voyager 2 to conserve energy
Nasa plans to shut down another instrument on Voyager 2 to conserve power, following a similar action on Voyager 1. This step aims to extend the life of the nearly 47-year-old spacecraft, now in ...
WTHR7 天
NASA powers down two instruments on twin Voyager spacecraft to save power
The twin spacecraft launched in 1977 and are currently in interstellar space, or the space between stars. Voyager 1 discovered a thin ring around Jupiter and several of Saturn’s moons, and Voyager 2 ...