As most of you likely heard (and if you haven't, GOOD NEWS), after more than a year of disappointing headlines, which were promptly retracted; Voyager 1 FINALLY broke through the charged particles surrounding our solar system - officially reaching "interstellar space." At least; it reached what we believe to be interstellar space. Oddly enough, this region isn't well-defined. Regardless of the semantics, this is still a pretty monumental occasion. After all.. we - as in, humankind - built something that now wanders the space between stars. How cool is that?
So, in celebration of the Voyager program, we have complied some cliff notes about Voyager 1.
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Monday, September 16, 2013
Voyager's Legacy
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