https://www.earthmagazine.org/tags/voyager/ Recent content in Voyager on EARTH Magazine Hugo en-US American Geosciences Institute. All rights reserved. Tue, 11 Dec 2018 13:58:15 -0500 https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/voyager-2-pierces-heliopause-enters-interstellar-space/ Tue, 11 Dec 2018 13:58:15 -0500 https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/voyager-2-pierces-heliopause-enters-interstellar-space/ <figure class="earth-figure"> <img src="https://www.americangeosciences.org/static/earth/voyager-2-pierces-heliopause-enters-interstellar-space/1-PIA22835_1.jpg" alt="On Nov. 5, 2018, the Voyager 2 spacecraft crossed the heliopause and entered interstellar space. Voyager 1 crossed into interstellar space in 2012. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech. " loading="eager" decoding="async"> <figcaption>On Nov. 5, 2018, the Voyager 2 spacecraft crossed the heliopause and entered interstellar space. Voyager 1 crossed into interstellar space in 2012. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech. </figcaption> </figure> <p>On Nov. 5, 2018, Voyager 2 became the second spacecraft to enter interstellar space, as it passed through the heliosphere&rsquo;s outer limit, known as the heliopause, <a href="https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/news/details.php?article_id=112">NASA announced</a> at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) <a href="https://fallmeeting.agu.org/2018/">fall meeting</a> in Washington, D.C., on Monday. The spacecraft&rsquo;s twin, Voyager 1, made history as the first man-made object to depart the heliosphere in 2012. Reaching interstellar space is an extraordinary feat for spacecraft that have been traveling for more than 41 years.</p> https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/or-out-has-voyager-left-solar-system/ Mon, 09 Dec 2013 15:14:13 -0500 https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/or-out-has-voyager-left-solar-system/ <figure class="earth-figure"> <img src="https://www.americangeosciences.org/static/earth/or-out-has-voyager-left-solar-system/Voyager_NASA.jpg" alt="The Voyager spacecraft launched in August and September of 1977 and spent more than 11 years exploring Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune before heading off toward interstellar space in 1989. Scientists think it arrived, 23 years later, in August 2012." loading="eager" decoding="async"> <figcaption>The Voyager spacecraft launched in August and September of 1977 and spent more than 11 years exploring Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune before heading off toward interstellar space in 1989. Scientists think it arrived, 23 years later, in August 2012.</figcaption> </figure> <p>San Francisco - There is a possibility that <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/voyager/index.html">Voyager</a>, the U.S. spacecraft launched in 1977, which is thought to have left the heliosphere and entered interstellar space last year, could still be &quot;inside,&quot; said Ed Stone, Voyager project chief scientist, today <a href="http://fallmeeting.agu.org/2013/">at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco</a>.</p>