NASA News Conference Today to Discuss Voyager Spacecraft

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Sorry I didn't see this one sooner.
But it would seem that Voyager has left the Heliosphere.

Get in and listen to the new conference.

NASA News Conference Today to Discuss Voyager Spacecraft

Sept 12, 2013

PASADENA, Calif. – NASA will host a news conference today at 11 a.m. PDT (2 p.m. EDT), to discuss NASA's Voyager mission. It is related to a paper to be published in the journal Science, which is embargoed until 11 a.m. PDT (2 p.m. EDT).

The briefing will be held at NASA Headquarters in Washington and air live on NASA Television and the agency's website.

reply to post by grey580


It left quite a while ago.

reply to post by suz62


From what I gather they thought it left but weren't sure.
Today's conference is to let us know that it absolutely did leave.
And some of what it is sending back.

My message to Voyager?

Great job dude. And Voyager, remember, just because you're old, doesn't mean you are not useful.

Engage!

I tried watching it, but was constantly interrupted by the kids. They're airing an encore at 4pm eastern, so I'll have to catch it again then.

reply to post by Krakatoa


Since nobody has yet mentioned specifically what this announcement was about, Voyager became the first man made craft to get to interstellar space, pretty awesome!

Krakatoa - not actually directed at you, I just clicked reply on your comment to get it posted.

Krakatoa
My message to Voyager?

Great job dude. And Voyager, remember, just because you're old, doesn't mean you are not useful.

Engage!

VGER lives!

Spader

Krakatoa
My message to Voyager?

Great job dude. And Voyager, remember, just because you're old, doesn't mean you are not useful.

Engage!

VGER lives!

But will it come back in 260 years looking for the Creator? We damn well better have a Captain Decker to save us from it!


I've been wondering how what we've learned from Voyager is going to influence what is done with Voyager 2 when it crosses into Interstellar space. Now that we know a few things we didn't expect out there, can we expect V2 to send back more finely tuned data and such?

reply to post by Nyiah


Probably not.
Both craft are running out of power.
They have to keep on shutting off instruments to conserve power.
Eventually they will be dead in another 5-10 years.

Btw love your avatar.

grey580
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Probably not.
Both craft are running out of power.
They have to keep on shutting off instruments to conserve power.
Eventually they will be dead in another 5-10 years.

Lol, that wasn't actually a literal question, it's a reference to the plotline in Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

Btw love your avatar.

So do I! Sublimecraft created her for me