Voyager Fires up Rockets after 37 Years

Tidewater · Dec 1, 2017

After 37 years, Voyager 1 has fired up its trajectory thrusters
Okay, buddy. Break's over.

Tide1986 · Dec 1, 2017

Neat. Thanks for sharing.

Crimson1967 · Dec 1, 2017

If there is life out there, I hope Voyager finds it. They may have no idea what it is or understand whatever is written on it, but it would be cool for it to end its mission successfully.

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Jon · Dec 1, 2017

Crimson1967 said:
If there is life out there, I hope Voyager finds it. They may have no idea what it is or understand whatever is written on it, but it would be cool for it to end its mission successfully.

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Elefantman · Dec 1, 2017

It just keeps going and going.....

92tide · Dec 1, 2017

the idea that we have active communication with a machine in interstellar space is pretty cool

TIDE-HSV · Dec 1, 2017

Crimson1967 said:
If there is life out there, I hope Voyager finds it. They may have no idea what it is or understand whatever is written on it, but it would be cool for it to end its mission successfully.

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It'll be worn down to "V...ger" by then...

Bamaro · Dec 2, 2017

After sending the commands on Tuesday, it took 19 hours and 35 minutes for the signal to reach Voyager. Then, the Earth-bound spacecraft team had to wait another 19 hours and 35 minutes to see if the spacecraft responded. It did. After nearly four decades of dormancy, the Aerojet Rocketdyne manufactured thrusters fired perfectly.

Tidewater · Dec 2, 2017

I was curious what the next encounter might be.
Interstellar Traveler: NASA's Voyager 1 Probe On 40,000-Year Trek to Distant Star

The robotic spacecraft is streaking toward an encounter with a star called AC +79 3888, which lies 17.6 light-years from Earth. Voyager's on its way to a close approach with it in about 40,000 years," Voyager project manager Suzanne Dodd, of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., told reporters Thursday.

It will be a bit of a wait.

TIDE-HSV · Dec 2, 2017

Tidewater said:
I was curious what the next encounter might be.
Interstellar Traveler: NASA's Voyager 1 Probe On 40,000-Year Trek to Distant Star

It will be a bit of a wait.

That's what's always bothered me about wishing for interstellar communication. Not only do conditions have to be mutually favorable, they must be simultaneous. The odds against that are, well, astronomic...

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