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45 years ago, NASA's Voyager spacecraft flew past Jupiter. See how the iconic video compares to photos of the planet today.

NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft flew past Jupiter 45 years ago, capturing iconic footage. The Voyager probe's movie of Jupiter made history, revealing the planet like never before. See how those images ...
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Voyager’s Epic Grand Tour Revealing The Secrets Of The Outer Planets

Launched in 1977, the twin Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft embarked on a Grand Tour of the outer solar system, a feat made ...

How to spot JWST, Voyager 1, and more legendary spacecraft in the night sky this October

The James Webb Space Telescope spacecraft is located 5 degrees below the Pleiades star. As the month wears on, it travels ...
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Vintage Voyager Data Reveals Plasma Jets in Jupiter’s Magnetosphere

There are jets in Jupiter’s magnetosheath, according to Voyager 2 mission data from 1979. The 45-year-old information is now revealing the dynamics of the plasma stream. You may remember Voyager 2. It ...
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Here's where the James Webb Space Telescope and 4 other legendary spacecraft are in October's night sky

Over the past seven decades, thousands of sophisticated spacecraft have been launched on ambitious missions to look down on ...
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'A big loss': Voyager 1, man's first craft in interstellar space, may have gone dark

UNDATED (WKRC) - Voyager 1, man's first craft to enter interstellar space, may have gone dark. According toThe New York Times,the Voyager 1, which was launched in 1977, was designed to capture images ...
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Time-lapse video shows Jupiter images captured by Voyager 1

You’ve got to love technology. Thanks to space exploration, we’re given an inside look at the planets like we’d never be able to see them. Jupiter's Great Red Spot viewed by Voyager 1. Last year, NASA ...
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The Voyager 1 spacecraft has a big glitch. Now, NASA must figure out how to fix it

The Voyager 1 space probe is the farthest human-made object in space. It launched in 1977 with a golden record on board that carried assorted sounds of our home planet: greetings in many different ...
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Jets detected around Jupiter using data from 1979’s Voyager 2 mission

Despite its 484-million-mile (778 million kilometers) distance, the Sun still has a measurable impact on Jupiter, generating jets of plasma around the planet. But it turns out they’ve been hiding from ...
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Voyager: An Inside Look At NASA’s Longest-Running Mission With Someone There From The Start

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...
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OTD In Space - July 9: Voyager 2’s Closest Approach To Jupiter

On July 9, 1979, NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft made its closest approach to Jupiter. It came within 354,000 miles (570,000 kilometers) of the planet's cloud tops. Voyager 2 was one of two space probes ...
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Voyager 1 is sending back bad data, but NASA is on it

'We realize that Voyager means a lot to people and we are doing our best to keep them going for as long as possible.' By Andrew Paul Published Dec 14, 2023 11:35 AM EST Get the Popular Science daily ...