The probe "Voyager 2" enters the space – the diary of life

NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft, launched in 1977 for a five-year mission, has become the second man-made spacecraft to continue its journey billions of kilometers from Earth, scientists said.

The data collected by the onboard equipment aboard the spacecraft showed that they had crossed the outer edge of the solar atmosphere, a protective bubble of particles and magnetic fields around the sun, before November 5, announced NASA. "This is a very exciting time for Voyager," said Ed Stone, co-founder of the Voyager project at Caltech's California Institute of Technology. What began 41 years ago in exploration The planets are now the atmosphere of the sun and now enter the interstellar space. "

Voyager 2 was launched in 1977, 16 days before the launch of the Voyager 1 spacecraft, where the mission was to last five years to study the large Jupiter and Saturn gas turbines. Their continuous work allowed the probe to study the orbits of Uranus and Neptune as two giant planets of the solar system.

Both probes carry a sound recording on a gold-plated copper disc containing sounds, images and welcome expressions in multiple languages ​​illustrating the diversity of life and culture in order to communicate with potential space objects that both probes could meet. The two probes are not yet officially released from the solar system.