Solar System a Bit Squashed, Not Nicely Round - Instablogs
Solar System a Bit Squashed, Not Nicely Round
Bobette , New Orleans: Jul 3 2008
United States :
Launched in 1977, the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 unmanned probes are now studying the edges of the heliosphere, the huge magnetic “bubble” around our solar system created by the solar wind as it runs up against the thin gas in interstellar...
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Yellow Lamp Jul 3 2008
Kolkata, India
Its amazing that Voyager 1 is still transmitting data even after 21 years!
The manufacturers of this relatively ancient spacecraft must be truly commended.
A bit of trivia: Voyager comes back to earth in the first installment of Star Trek:The motion picture(1979)
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