Probe took 36 years for to reach the boundary of the solar system and cross it

NASA confirmed that the probe "Voyager 1" came out into interstellar space. Probe took 36 years for to reach the boundary of the solar system and cross it.





MOSCOW, September 12 - RIA Novosti. Interplanetary probe "Voyager 1" 36 years after the launch from Earth crossed the heliosphere and went beyond the solar system into interstellar space, becoming the first "galactic" artificial object, said NASA specialists on the analysis of the latest data from the board of the machine, published in the journal Science.

NASA officials about the mission of "Voyager" and the boundaries of the solar system

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Previously, some scientists have argued that the unit in August 2012 came out of the heliosphere, "bubble" around the Sun filled with the solar plasma. However, the "owners" of "Voyager" denies these allegations, stressing that these findings there is no reason. Now NASA experts believe that the way of humanity on the galaxy held.

"Now that we have a new key data, we believe that this is a historic step of mankind into space. Team "Voyager" had time to analyze these observations and reflect on them. But now we can answer the question we all asked, "Are we there yet?" - "Yes, there is" - said the scientific head of the mission "Voyager" Ed Stone (Ed Stone).

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