NASA has confirmed that after 36 years of journeying, Voyager 1 has reached interstellar space. Voyager 1 has been traveling for about a year through a transitional plasma region in the space between the influence of Earth’s sun and other stars. “Voyager 1 is the first true stellar explorer from Earth,” said James R. Webb, Ph.D., professor of physics and director of the SARA Observatory at Florida International University. “Nothing else we are in contact with has ever gone that far.”
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Voyager's Intrepid Flight a Reminder of Human Audacity
Posted by: Rachelle Dragani September 13, 2013 03:17 PMNASA has confirmed that after 36 years of journeying, Voyager 1 has reached interstellar space. Voyager 1 has been traveling for about a year through a transitional plasma region in the space between the influence of Earth’s sun and other stars. “Voyager 1 is the first true stellar explorer from Earth,” said James R. Webb, Ph.D., professor of physics and director of the SARA Observatory at Florida International University. “Nothing else we are in contact with has ever gone that far.”