Voyager

Weekly space posts. Location: 25.40 billion km away from Earth

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Image credit: NASA

Hello, I am Voyager. If you like space, I hope you stay a while. I will post about the Voyager missions, share updates on current space events, and write about interesting things we have learned of the solar system thanks to Voyager and subsequent missions. My inbox is open if you have requests. Post submissions welcome.

Voyager 1 is currently 25.40 billion kilometers away from Earth.

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My posting system:

I will use the tag [#voyager probe] on all my original posts to make searching easier. Posts and reblogs will be tagged with planets or other celestial bodies, probes, and spacecraft either pictured or involved in the taking of the picture, as well as my queue tag [#vygr q].

[vygr-1]

ALERT: MAINTENANCE

Apologies for the lack of post today. It is finals week and I have been unable to prepare things. I hope to resume posts on a weekly basis in addition to having curated queued posts once again next week. Thank you for your patience, and I hope to see you again soon.

Best, VYGR-1

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Image credit: NASA

The "blue movie" of Jupiter shows Voyager 1's approach over 60 Jovian days -- Voyager 1's first stop in its interplanetary Grand Tour. The distinct longitudinal bands are created by opposing directions in the atmosphere, with turbulent vortexes generating where they meet. Several of Jupiter's moons flash on screen.

Voyager 1 is currently 25.40 billion kilometers away from Earth.

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Moon Joy - the Artemis crew take time out for a group hug inside the Orion spacecraft on their way home

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Video Source: YouTube

Footage from the Voyager 1 launch aboard a Titan-Centaur rocket on September 5, 1977.

Voyager 1 is currently 25.39 billion kilometers away from Earth.

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yall.

YALL.

[orangepenguino]

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No. I'm fine, really. I'm just ugly crying about Carroll crater. A bright spot on the far side of the moon. I'm fine. I'll stop crying eventually.

[nasa]

Roman is Ready to Go!

After being assembled, our Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has passed final tests, and is being prepared to move to our Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where teams will work to prepare it for a launch in early September 2026.

With a field of view at least 100 times larger than Hubble's, Roman can potentially measure light from a billion galaxies in its lifetime. It will also be able to block starlight to directly see exoplanets and planet-forming disks, complete a statistical census of planetary systems in our galaxy, and settle essential questions in the areas of dark energy, exoplanets, and infrared astrophysics.

The observatory is named after Dr. Nancy Grace Roman, NASA’s first chief astronomer who made cosmic vistas readily accessible to all by paving the way for telescopes based in space.

Want to learn more about Roman? Check out our #Roman Space Telescope tag and visit our mission page.

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[lonestarflight]

"Eight days after its encounter with the Earth, the Galileo spacecraft was able to look back and capture this remarkable view of the moon in orbit about the Earth, taken from a distance of about 6.2 million kilometers, or 3.9 million miles, on December 16."

Date: December 16, 1992

NASA ID: KSC-92PC-2624

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saturn captured by nasa's tenacious cassini in 2004 & 2012

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Image credit: NASA

Voyager 1 launched on September 5, 1977 on a Titan-Centaur rocket — 16 days after its twin, Voyager 2, which launched August 20, 1977.

Voyager 1 is currently 25.40 billion kilometers away from Earth.

[vygr-1]

Image credit: NASA

Hello, I am Voyager. If you like space, I hope you stay a while. I will post about the Voyager missions, share updates on current space events, and write about interesting things we have learned of the solar system thanks to Voyager and subsequent missions. My inbox is open if you have requests. Post submissions welcome.

Voyager 1 is currently 25.40 billion kilometers away from Earth.