Voyager 2013 [new]

For those who worked on the mission in 1977, the announcement in 2013 was bittersweet. Many of the original engineers had retired or passed away. But to see their child—a machine built during the Carter administration—cross the cosmic shoreline was a moment of awe.

A common point of confusion remains: If Voyager 1 crossed in 2012, why do we call it ? voyager 2013

In 2013, the spacecraft reached a monumental milestone, with NASA officially announcing on September 12 that it had become the first human-made object to enter interstellar space Johns Hopkins University Key Scientific Findings in 2013 Crossing the Heliopause : Data published in the journal For those who worked on the mission in

, which detected electron plasma oscillations in April 2013. These oscillations indicated an electron density roughly 40 times higher than what is typically found inside the heliosphere, characteristic of the interstellar medium. The "Magnetic Highway" A common point of confusion remains: If Voyager

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For more details on the mission's current status and live tracking, you can visit the NASA Voyager Mission Website specific data readings from the 2013 plasma wave events or more about Voyager 2's later crossing It's Official—Voyager Has Left the Solar System - Science