Saturday, April 10, 2010

Where is NASA's Voyager 2 Probe?

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) launched the Voyager 2 probe on August 20, 1977. It's mission was to study Jupiter, Saturn, and the outer planets of the solar system.

Voyager 2 passed the orbit of Neptune in 1989 so the major part of its mission ended more than 20 years ago. However, the ship is still very much alive and still in touch with its masters at JPL. The lab maintains the Voyager Weekly Reports, a status update for Voyager 2 (and it's sister probe, Voyager 1). Voyager 2 even has a Twitter feed. Currently it is more than 12 light hours from Earth.


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