44 years:
That’s how long it’s been since the Voyager 2 space probe left our blue home
planet to subsequently gain new insights into our galactic neighborhood in the
endless expanses of space. During this time, NASA’s unmanned spacecraft
penetrated an incredible 12 billion miles into space and passed numerous
planets of our solar system during its flight.
While
Voyager 2 has regularly sent important data to Earth over the past four and a
half decades, the connection to the world-famous probe was severed for many
months in March of last year. We will now reveal the reasons for this and how
the experts of the renowned space agency finally managed to restore the signal
to Voyager 2.
However,
before we get into this topic, we would like to take a look at the spacecraft’s
history together with you. In today’s video, you’ll find out which celestial
bodies the probe has already visited during its decades-long flight, which
galactic milestones have been recorded in the process and what the future of
the venerable space vehicle looks like.
So the probes breached the sphere of influence. Stands to reason all galaxies have them then. Proving that scientifically is another matter.
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