How the Voyager Probes Use the Heliosphere
In short: Launched in 1977, the Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft are the only human-made objects to operate outside the heliosphere, providing real-time data on the transition to interstellar space.
A 1:38 short film in the series “Space Frontiers”.
Sources used in this film: NASA, “Mission Overview - NASA Science”; NASA, “Voyager - NASA Science”; NASA, “Science - NASA Science”; NASA, “Interstellar Science - NASA Science”; National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), “Observations of the Outer Heliosphere, Heliosheath, and Interstellar Medium”; NASA, “Where Are Voyager 1 and 2 Now? - NASA Science”.
Sources used in this film
- NASA — Mission Overview - NASA Science · View →
- NASA — Voyager - NASA Science · View →
- NASA — Science - NASA Science · View →
- NASA — Interstellar Science - NASA Science · View →
- National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) — Observations of the Outer Heliosphere, Heliosheath, and Interstellar Medium · View →
- NASA — Where Are Voyager 1 and 2 Now? - NASA Science · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: NASA: Mission Overview - NASA Science
- Also: NASA Science — Voyager - NASA Science
- Also: NASA: Science - NASA Science
- Also: NASA: Interstellar Science - NASA Science
- Also: National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI): Observations of the Outer Heliosphere, Heliosheath, and Interstellar Medium
- Also: Where Are Voyager 1 and 2 Now? - NASA Science
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