Sept. 12, 2013: NASA Officially Announces Voyager 1's Triumph
John M. Grunsfeld, Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate, introduces the Voyager press conference. NASA held a news conference Sept. 12, 2013, at 11 a.m. PDT (2 p.m. EDT), to discuss NASA's Voyager mission. The news conference was held in Washington, DC, at NASA Headquarters. [See SPACE.com's Compete Coverage: Voyager 1 In Interstellar Space]
Sept. 12, 2013: NASA Officially Announces Voyager 1's Triumph
Ed Stone holds a Voyager spacecraft model. NASA held a news conference Sept. 12, 2013, at 11 a.m. PDT (2 p.m. EDT), to discuss NASA's Voyager mission. The news conference was held in Washington, DC, at NASA Headquarters. [See SPACE.com's Compete Coverage: Voyager 1 In Interstellar Space]
NASA Press Conference Regarding Voyager 1
NASA held a news conference Sept. 12, 2013, at 11 a.m. PDT (2 p.m. EDT), to discuss NASA's Voyager mission. The news conference was held in Washington, DC, at NASA Headquarters. [See SPACE.com's Compete Coverage: Voyager 1 In Interstellar Space]
Solar System in Perspective
This artist's concept puts solar system distances in perspective. The scale bar is in astronomical units, with each set distance beyond 1 AU representing 10 times the previous distance. One AU is the distance from the sun to the Earth, which is about 93 million miles or 150 million kilometers. Neptune, the most distant planet from the sun, is about 30 AU. NASA's Voyager 1, humankind's most distant spacecraft, is around 125 AU. Scientists believe it entered interstellar space, or the space between stars, on Aug. 25, 2012. Image released Sept. 12, 2013.
Moving into Interstellar Space
This artist's concept shows the outer layers of our solar bubble, or heliosphere, and nearby interstellar space. NASA's Voyager 1 is currently exploring a region of interstellar space, which is the space between stars that still feels charged particle and magnetic field influences from the heliosphere. The magnetic field lines (yellow arcs) appear to lie in the same general direction as the magnetic field lines emanating from our sun. Image released Sept. 12, 2013.
Sept. 12, 2013: Dwayne Brown Kicks Off Voyager 1 News Conference
Dwayne Brown, Senior Public Affairs Officer, NASA Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters, kicks off a news conference on NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft, Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013 in Washington.
Sept. 12, 2013: John Grunsfeld Speaks at Voyager 1 Conference
John Grunsfeld, NASA Associate Administrator for Science in Washington, speaks at a news conference on NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft, Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013 in Washington.
Sept. 12, 2013: Ed Stone Holds Model of Spacecraft at Voyager 1 Conference
Ed Stone, Voyager project scientist, California Institute of Technology, holds a model of NASA's Voyager spacecraft at a news conference, Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013 at NASA Headquarters in Washington.
Sept. 12, 2013: Voyager Project Scientist Speaks at Press Conference
Ed Stone, Voyager project scientist, California Institute of Technology, is seen as he speaks at a news conference on NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft, Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013 at NASA Headquarters in Washington.
Voyager Project Scientist Ed Stone Speaks at Conference
Ed Stone, Voyager project scientist, California Institute of Technology, is seen as he speaks at a news conference on NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft, Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013 at NASA Headquarters in Washington.
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