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Amalthea: The Most Fascinating Jovian Moon You've Never Heard Of
Amalthea: The Most Fascinating Jovian Moon You've Never Heard Of

27 Dec 2023, 16:56 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / This is Amalthea, and if there were a single non-Galenian Jovian moon one could point to as the most interesting in the entire system, this would be our pick.

 
The 20 Most Important NASA Spacecraft Active in 2023 (And What They're Up to in Space)
The 20 Most Important NASA Spacecraft Active in 2023 (And What They're Up to in Space)

23 Dec 2023, 09:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA has over 100 active missions, each with their own accompanying spacecraft. We narrowed the list down to the 20 most impressive ones.

 
Voyager Spaceships Are Getting Ready to Spend More Than Half a Century in Space
Voyager Spaceships Are Getting Ready to Spend More Than Half a Century in Space

23 Oct 2023, 12:08 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 get a potential life extension of five years, that will have them spend more than half a century up there

 
Oopsie: Voyager 2 Probe Loses Communication With Earth After Maneuvering Error
Oopsie: Voyager 2 Probe Loses Communication With Earth After Maneuvering Error

30 Jul 2023, 20:13 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / For the moment, NASA has announced a temporary pause in communication attempts between mission control and the Voyager 2 mission.

 
Decades-Old Data on Uranus' Largest Moons Hint at Miles-Deep Oceans Hiding There
Decades-Old Data on Uranus' Largest Moons Hint at Miles-Deep Oceans Hiding There

8 May 2023, 07:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A new study into the Voyager 2 data from the 1980s point to four of Uranus' largest moons having liquid water oceans under the frozen surface

 
Voyager 2 Turns 45, Let's Take This Occasion To Celebrate Space Exploration
Voyager 2 Turns 45, Let's Take This Occasion To Celebrate Space Exploration

21 Aug 2022, 09:48 UTC · By: Angela Balaciu / Yesterday we celebrated 45 since August 20th, 1977, the launch of Voyager 2, the spacecraft that ventured past our Solar System

 
Record-Breaking Twin Voyager Probes Continue to Explore Space After 45 Years
Record-Breaking Twin Voyager Probes Continue to Explore Space After 45 Years

17 Aug 2022, 21:13 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / NASA's twin Voyager probes are getting ready celebrate 45 years in space. They are set to continue their interstellar journey and send back crucial data

 
NASA Plans to Keep the Voyager Spacecraft Ticking for a Little While Longer
NASA Plans to Keep the Voyager Spacecraft Ticking for a Little While Longer

9 Jul 2019, 13:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The ships are powered by three radioisotope thermoelectric generators that create heat through the natural decay of plutonium-238

 
Voyager 2 Becomes Second Human-Made Ship to Enter Interstellar Space
Voyager 2 Becomes Second Human-Made Ship to Enter Interstellar Space

10 Dec 2018, 15:10 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA says it will take about 300 years for the Voyager 2 to reach the Oort Cloud and as much as 30,000 years to fly beyond it

 
Voyager 2 Nears Interstellar Space
Voyager 2 Nears Interstellar Space

8 Oct 2018, 13:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Voyager 2 close to follow the Voyager 1 into interstellar space, as it detected fast-moving particles that originate outside the solar system