Voyager Probes Set to Enter Interstellar Space

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ScienceDaily (Apr. 28, 2011) — More than 30 years after they left Earth, NASA's twin Voyager probes are now at the edge of the solar system. Not only that, they're still working. And with each passing day they are beaming back a message that, to scientists, is both unsettling and thrilling.



The message is, "Expect the unexpected."

"It's uncanny," says Ed Stone of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, Voyager Project Scientist since 1972. "Voyager 1 and 2 have a knack for making discoveries." Today, April 28, 2011, NASA held a live briefing to reflect on what the Voyager mission has accomplished--and to preview what lies ahead as the probes prepare to enter the realm of interstellar space in our Milky Way galaxy.

The adventure began in the late 1970s when the probes took advantage of a rare alignment of outer planets for an unprecedented Grand Tour. Voyager 1 visited Jupiter and Saturn, while Voyager 2 flew past Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. (Voyager 2 is still the only probe to visit Uranus and Neptune.)

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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110428200820.htm

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1. Vee-ger

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2. Or bounce off the painted backdrop

Oh wait, that's about 6000 light years away.

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3. NEXT GAS 4.3 LY

SEE RUBY FALLS

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4. Visit Rock City n/t