Voyager 1 is the furthest artificial object in space.
EPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA — The American Space Agency (NASA) launched a space probe Voyager 1 into orbit on September 5, 1977. The craft is still ‘humming’ to this day or for more than 45 years later.
This spacecraft greatly surprised astronomers around the world, because it has far passed Pluto. Voyager 1 has drifted so far beyond the boundaries of our solar system that it is now emitting the strange data that scientists are trying to decipher.
Voyager 1 is the furthest artificial object in space. In 2012, Voyager 1 passed the heliopause at a distance of 14.5 billion miles from Earth.
The heliopause is the boundary between the Sun’s solar wind and the interstellar medium, which includes all matter and radiation in the region between the solar systems of the galaxy. It shows Voyager 1 floating in the Milky Way’s cosmic void.
“Interstellar explorers receive and carry out orders from Earth, and acquire and return scientific data,” wrote NASA on its website.
However, the probe’s articulation and control system (AACS) readings are not representative of what is happening onboard. According to NASA, AACS keeps the spacecraft’s antenna pointed at Earth so that data can be sent back to our planet.
AACS seems to continue to work on the surface, but all of the telemetry data it returns is invalid, like appearing randomly or physically impossible. This of course raises some concerns.
“Mystery like this is equivalent to traveling at this stage of the Voyager mission,” said Suzanne Dodd, project manager for Voyager 1 and 2.
The Voyager 1 spacecraft that completely exceeded scientists’ expectations (page 2)….
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