Tag: voyager 2

Lost contact with Voyager 2.

July 30, 2023

Confirmation of loss of contact with Voyager 2, currently approximately 21 billion kilometers from Earth. On July 21, commands sent from Earth to Voyager 2 accidentally caused Voyager’s High Gain Antenna to point 2 degrees away from Earth. Therefore Voyager cannot currently receive messages from Earth or send messages in the direction of Earth. A…

VOYAGER 1 & 2

August 11, 2021

There is only one answer to the question of which man-made objects are the farthest from the earth. Voyager 1 and Voyager 2. These spacecraft have been traveling in interstellar space for 44 years. The heliosphere is a vast area covered by the sun. Its boundary, which is in the shape of a bubble, is…