{"id":14783,"date":"2017-08-18T15:33:21","date_gmt":"2017-08-18T19:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14783"},"modified":"2017-08-18T15:33:21","modified_gmt":"2017-08-18T19:33:21","slug":"after-40-years-voyagers-1-and-2-still-talk-to-us-from-billions-of-kilometers-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14783","title":{"rendered":"After 40 years, Voyagers 1 and 2 still talk to us from billions of kilometers away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This summer marks the 40th anniversary of the launches of the two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/voyager\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Voyager spacecraft<\/a>, which are still in contact with earth as they head out into interstellar space:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C1UBg4TPqX4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>More about the two deep space explorers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/voyager\/news\/details.php?article_id=48\" target=\"_d\">Voyager &#8211; NASA\u2019s Voyager Spacecraft Still Reaching for the Stars After 40 Years<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/jpl\/an-insiders-guide-to-voyager-1977-2017\" target=\"_d\">An Insider&#8217;s Guide to Voyager: 1977-2017 | NASA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/voyager\/news\/details.php?article_id=50\" target=\"_d\">Voyager &#8211; Two Voyagers Taught Us How to Listen to Space<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/voyager\/news\/details.php?article_id=49\" target=\"_d\">Voyager &#8211; First and Farthest: How the Voyagers Blazed Trails<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A longer documentary about the Voyager missions:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZGDfw5Nq3fI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?o=1&amp;p=12&amp;l=ur1&amp;category=mp3&amp;f=ifr&amp;linkID=e925371d9a71da991024e906063e8170&amp;t=hobbyspace&amp;tracking_id=hobbyspace\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This summer marks the 40th anniversary of the launches of the two Voyager spacecraft, which are still in contact with earth as they head out into interstellar space: More about the two deep space explorers: Voyager &#8211; NASA\u2019s Voyager Spacecraft Still Reaching for the Stars After 40 Years An Insider&#8217;s Guide to Voyager: 1977-2017 | &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14783\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">After 40 years, Voyagers 1 and 2 still talk to us from billions of kilometers away<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[87,13,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-et-al","category-space-science","category-space-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-3Qr","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16246,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16246","url_meta":{"origin":14783,"position":0},"title":"Voyager mission posters and infographics","author":"TopSpacer","date":"June 19, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The two Voyager spacecraft were launched in 1977 and successfully visited the gas giant planets of our solar system before heading out into interstellar space. 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