NASA's Voyager 1 is in Interstellar Space

NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft has traveled beyond our solar bubble and has entered interstellar space. During a NASA Headquarters briefing, the Voyager team assessing the data determined the craft is in a transitional region immediately outside the solar bubble where some effects from our sun are still evident. New, unexpected data indicate that Voyager 1 has been traveling through the plasma, or ionized gas, that originates in the space between the stars. The spacecraft is now bathed in interstellar plasma, the material ejected from the death of nearby stars millions of years ago. Speakers on the occasion were - Ed Stone- Voyager project scientist, California Institute of Technology; Don Gurnett - Voyager plasma wave investigation principal investigator, University of Iowa; Suzanne Dodd - Voyager project manager, Jet Propulsion Laboratory; and Gary Zank, physics department chair, University of Alabama in Huntsville.

[luisbarbosa]

Sad to see people losing interest of exploring space... these guys are the pioneers ! All will be forever remember, I can only say this...Thanks !

[SouthwesternEagle]

1:50 - 2:50 was EPIC beyond comprehension. Science fiction has become reality, and in a very short time too. There are still human beings alive in 2014 who were born in 1898, a time when my Cowboy and Native American ancestors were alive and travelling in the saddle on horseback.
And then we:
Developed electrical grids.
Developed the modern telephone.
Developed radio.
Invented and developed television.
Invented, developed, and reinvented computers.
Walked on the Moon.
Invented and perfected video games.
Invented, developed, and perfected recording media.
Invented the Internet.
Invented and developed cellular phones.
Invented and developed satellites and space probes and space stations.
Toured all the planets.
And countless other things.
*All in a single lifetime*

Think about that.

[janiscortese]

It's a real privilege even to be alive at this time, when we can finally start to answer questions we've been wondering about for the last 150, 000 years. Amazing.

[Trex]

Congratulations to NASA and the Voyager Team! Excellent job and thank you for another milestone in Science history!

[Tonicwine]

I always love when Carl Sagan gets a mention. It means so much to hear it

[RajeshR_]

There must have been Voyager 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ...etc etc... every year you must have sent one better than the previous one... NASA you need to do that...start now !!!

[jjsfzr]

Listen up kids - these folks really are rocket scientists.   Congrats to the Voyager team and the success of the grand tour.

[lunhil]

I can't think of another program that does so much with so little, incredible. I grew up learning of each of the Voyager discoveries as they came along.

[nuoiptertermer]

To give you a sense of how far voyager 1 is from Earth, it would take about 20, 000 years to go the distance from Earth to voyager 1 at 70 miles per hour.

[StereoSpace]

Amazing accomplishment. Congratulations to everyone at JPL and NASA. Well done.

[erickperez]

Thank you to all the wonderful people in NASA, I am so grateful to have lived in this time to witness these events.

[MissCutiePie]

Hopefully in 100 years from now nasa can make something that can travel as fast as light! That would be awesome!

[tomunknown]

nasa needs 2 build a 1 million mph rocket ship to go fast in stellar space and find planets

[sharkbaitinnewengland]

I hope both Voyagers will soon meet alien life so both satellites can be refueled to keep traveling further within space! You guys are awesome!!!

[zoeycampanella]

Very cool. I enjoy seeing your videos, NASA. As a young astronomer, they help me to understand what's going on. Thank you.:)

[amshaegar]

Once I want to feel that pride and happiness that these affected people feel after a 40 year success. I can just imagine how it feels, no, maybe I cannot.

[KishoshimaDragonash]

Radio waves never stop traveling. The tightest signal is going to be near Voyager and as the signals travel away, they dont get weaker, they just spread out more and more and more.. so if you build a big enough reciever you can pick up the signal at its original strength. The more powerful the transmission, the smaller your reciever has to be. Radio Telescopes do exactly that.. but they're linked together in a massive 'virtual' antenna, roughly the size of the earth.

[snowonthelake]

What's up with the dude at 44:56? lmao

[SuperStreamlineTV]

Voyager 1 was a remarkable feat of engineering, it is still running after 36 years since 1977. Wow, well done NASA!!

[shanefanon]

hey lifeon enceladus ... the universe is not terrifying to me at all. I am not separate from it but am a part of it as are you and everything/everyone else. And my life span is just that ... a life span ... short or long by comparison to phenomena of the universe is not directly relational to any other span of time and being. And I am comfortable with this knowledge .My life is longer than that of a dog or a butterfly for example but not that of a planet or a star. I live and die in the time (s) I am in now. I remember looking the first time through a telescope and having my father explain that every star i could observe was in the past. That the stars light had taken maybe millions of years to reach my eye and that that star right NOW may not even exist. That was really confusing to the mental agility of my adolescent mind and logic to understand. Older, smarter, more experienced today, i can understand these concepts easily. I would ask you to now to not live in fear or believe yourself to be very small . Fearful people do really stupid things firstly and as you are born due to an exploding star you are already really a great part of the consciousness of this universe which demands that we contribute to its continuing knowledge and beauty and development . Have fun with this other perspective of reality !