Launched in 1977, the twin Voyager probes are NASA’s longest-operating mission and the only spacecraft ever to explore interstellar space. NASA’s twin Voyager probes have become, in some ways, time capsules of their era: They each carry an eight-track tape player for recording data, they have about 3 million times less memory than modern cellphones, and […]
NASA’s Voyager 2 probe, currently on a journey toward interstellar space, has detected an increase in cosmic rays that originate outside our solar system. Launched in 1977, Voyager 2 is a little less than 11 billion miles (about 17.7 billion kilometers) from Earth, or more than 118 times the distance from Earth to the Sun. […]
JUNEAU, Alaska — The Coast Guard Cutter Naushon crew and a Coast Guard Station Juneau 25-foot Response Boat-Small crew assisted a tour vessel that ran aground in the vicinity of Lincoln Island near Juneau, Monday. The Naushon crew safely evacuated 14 passengers from the Voyager and assisted the responding salvage vessel in refloating the grounded vessel. […]