Voyager 2
New Horizons is Now 50 Astronomical Units Away From the Sun
As the New Horizons spacecraft hurtles out towards interstellar space, it has now reached an historical milestone. On April 17,…
The Only Radio Antenna Capable of Communicating with Voyager 2 Came Back Online During Repairs and Upgrades. Contact Re-established
“Voyager 2, this is Earth calling. Do you read?” Last week, the answer was finally “yes.” And thankfully, after eight…
Neptune & Triton – August 31, 1989.
Image-processor extraordinaire Kevin Gill has reached back in time to give us a new image of Neptune and its moon…
New Find Shows Uranus Loses Atmosphere to its Magnetic Field
NASA’s researchers at the Goddard Space Flight Center recently did just that, looking at Voyager 2’s lone encounter with the…
Voyager 2 Went Into Fault Protection Mode, But Engineers Brought it Back Online
NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft went into fault protection mode on Tuesday January 28th. The fault protection routines automatically protect the…
What Voyager 2 Learned After Spending a Year in Interstellar Space
Only two of humanity's spacecraft have left the Solar System: NASA's Voyager 1 and Voyager 2. Voyager 1 left the…
NASA has Figured Out How to Extend the Lives of the Voyagers Even Longer
Voyagers 1 and 2 have the distinction of being in space for 42 years and still operating. And even though…
Finally! Voyager 2 is Now in Interstellar Space
The Voyager 2 recently crossed the outer boundary of the heliosphere, where it joins the Voyager 1 spacecraft in interstellar…
Is Time To Go Back to Uranus and Neptune? Revisiting Ice Giants of the Solar System
We’ve only seen Uranus and Neptune one time up close. There are now some mission ideas in the works that…
What About a Mission to Titan?
Europa is fine and all, but where we really need to go is Saturn's moon Titan. Let's look at some…