{"id":4147,"date":"2012-12-04T12:45:46","date_gmt":"2012-12-04T11:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/?p=4147"},"modified":"2018-07-13T16:52:12","modified_gmt":"2018-07-13T14:52:12","slug":"voyager-1-to-reach-interstellar-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/?p=4147","title":{"rendered":"Voyager 1 to reach interstellar space!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-Post Icon wp-image-3603 alignleft\" title=\"NASA_Logo\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/NASA_Logo-64x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/NASA_Logo-64x64.png 64w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/NASA_Logo-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 64px) 100vw, 64px\" \/>Voyager 1 has been launched On September 5th, 1977 into space with the<br \/>\nmission to discover what&#8217;s behind the lines of the solar system as we know it<br \/>\nand as it could have been explored with the telescopes that time. 25 years<br \/>\nlater Voyager 1 is now reaching the interstellar space.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Frontiers beyond the lines of outer space as we know it. Soon they&#8217;re crossed and the question is, what will come?<\/p>\n<p>it took a quarter century for the Voyager 1 to travel 17 billion kilometres at an average speed of 17 000 kilomentres per hour.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/710036main_Stone-3pia16482_full.jpg-29cff7962407b4c8.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4148\" title=\"710036main_Stone-3pia16482_full.jpg-29cff7962407b4c8\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/710036main_Stone-3pia16482_full.jpg-29cff7962407b4c8-640x472.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/710036main_Stone-3pia16482_full.jpg-29cff7962407b4c8-640x472.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/710036main_Stone-3pia16482_full.jpg-29cff7962407b4c8-1920x1416.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/710036main_Stone-3pia16482_full.jpg-29cff7962407b4c8-24x17.jpg 24w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/710036main_Stone-3pia16482_full.jpg-29cff7962407b4c8.jpeg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>In 1990 the Voyager 1 began it&#8217;s interstellar mission<\/li>\n<li>On December 16th, 2004 the Voyager 1 entered the Termination Shock<\/li>\n<li>Around 2005, Voyager 1 then entered the Heliosheath<\/li>\n<li>It was expected for 2015 to enter the Heliopause, which defines the border between the heliosheath and the interstellar medium, however this event is about to arrive sooner now.<\/li>\n<li>The complete project is supposed to end in 2025, which also defines the life expectancy of Voyager 1 (according to power loss of the radionucloid battery)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Voyager 1 also has the &#8220;Voyager Golden Record&#8221; onboard which contains picture files of earh, some assorted sounds of Earth and 90 minutes of different music on it. The Record is sealed and saved against corrosion with a special cover affixed to Voyager 1 and also has an instruction on how to use it. (Although I doubt that extraterrestial life, if existing, will be able to determine on how to use it). besides that, there&#8217;s also a coordination system which defines the position of Earth in our solar system using 14 pulsars.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/20121123021637The_Sounds_of_Earth_Record_Cover_-_GPN-2000-001978.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4149\" title=\"20121123021637!The_Sounds_of_Earth_Record_Cover_-_GPN-2000-001978\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/20121123021637The_Sounds_of_Earth_Record_Cover_-_GPN-2000-001978-1147x1440.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"790\" \/><\/a>The Voyager Golden Record cover containing&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/The_Sounds_of_Earth_-_GPN-2000-001976.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4150\" title=\"The_Sounds_of_Earth_-_GPN-2000-001976\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/The_Sounds_of_Earth_-_GPN-2000-001976-1147x1440.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"790\" \/><\/a>&#8230;the&#8221;Sounds of Earth&#8221; golden record.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">So what lies beyond our imagination? Maybe in 2014 we will know more&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Some pictures made by Voyager 1<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/720px-52706main_hstorion_lg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4151\" title=\"720px-52706main_hstorion_lg\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/720px-52706main_hstorion_lg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"528\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/709991main_Stone-1pia16486STILL-43_full.jpg-e6a45060224a2933.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4152\" title=\"709991main_Stone-1pia16486STILL-43_full.jpg-e6a45060224a2933\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/709991main_Stone-1pia16486STILL-43_full.jpg-e6a45060224a2933-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/709991main_Stone-1pia16486STILL-43_full.jpg-e6a45060224a2933-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/709991main_Stone-1pia16486STILL-43_full.jpg-e6a45060224a2933-24x18.jpg 24w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/709991main_Stone-1pia16486STILL-43_full.jpg-e6a45060224a2933.jpeg 952w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And a video documentary from NASA:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-4147-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Voyagers-Ride-on-the-Magnetic-Highway.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Voyagers-Ride-on-the-Magnetic-Highway.mp4\">https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Voyagers-Ride-on-the-Magnetic-Highway.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Voyager 1 has been launched On September 5th, 1977 into space with the mission to discover what&#8217;s behind the lines of the solar system as we know it and as it could have been explored with the telescopes that time. 25 years later Voyager 1 is now reaching the interstellar space.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,434,19,150],"tags":[2931,2218,1960,283,529,36,219,2217],"class_list":["post-4147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-curiosities","category-nature-2","category-thoughts-2","category-video","tag-heliosheath","tag-interstellar","tag-nasa","tag-record","tag-space","tag-usa","tag-video-2","tag-voyager"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4147\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}