Voyager Turns 30

Posted by Miss Cellania in Everything Else on September 6, 2007 at 8:31 am


450_JupiterVoyager

The space probe Voyager I was launched 30 years ago, and is still operational. Voyager is more than 103 astronomical units away from Earth (an astronomical unit is 93 million miles, so that’s roughly 9.5 billion miles away). Signals from the probe take 13 hours to reach earth, traveling at the speed of light. A Wired slideshow features some of the better images taken from the Voyager program since 1977. This image is a composite of photos of Jupiter and its moons taken in 1979. Link


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7 comments to "Voyager Turns 30"

  1. twitchings
    September 6th, 2007 at 9:31 am

    Sabe Uf V'ger, Sabe Uf

  2. Miss Cellania
    September 6th, 2007 at 9:33 am

    twitchings FTW. I had hoped the first comment would mention V'ger!

  3. biltmore
    September 6th, 2007 at 11:34 am

    This is great.

  4. Lasse
    September 6th, 2007 at 12:52 pm

    The little fellow is a long way from home.

  5. Johnny Cat
    September 6th, 2007 at 2:08 pm

    That is such an awesome photo

  6. Chris
    September 6th, 2007 at 2:29 pm

    Yep, intergalactical pollution is 30 years old.

    Next step : nucular waste.

  7. Jimmy
    September 6th, 2007 at 5:43 pm

    I read this in a paper a couple of weeks ago and just couldn't believe how little i knew of its success over the years! Could not get my head round how fast it was going, 10.7 miles per second. For a man made object to still be functioning after all this time and still sending date back is quite a feat


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