Interstellar probe - Wikipedia
An interstellar probe is a space probe that has left—or is expected to leave—the Solar System and enter interstellar space, which is typically defined as the region beyond the heliopause. It also refers to probes capable of reaching other star systems.
Interstellar Probe (spacecraft) - Wikipedia
Interstellar Probe (ISP) is a proposed NASA space probe designed to explore and characterize the heliosphere and interstellar space. The study was originally proposed in 2018 by NASA for the Applied Physics Laboratory. It would have a baseline launch between 2036 and 2041. [1]
Interstellar probe: A mission for the generations - BBC
Voyagers 1 and 2 made history in the 2010s when they left the bubble of hot gas that surrounds our Sun, its so-called heliosphere, and entered the interstellar medium - the region of space...
A new interstellar probe could take NASA deeper into space than …
Oct 26, 2021 · Scientists who want to understand what's beyond our solar system have designed an interstellar spacecraft that could go out farther and faster than the famous Voyager probes.
Interstellar Mission - NASA Science
The Voyager Interstellar Mission (VIM) is extending Voyager's exploration beyond our solar system's outer planets to interstellar space — the region outside the heliosphere, a protective bubble created by the Sun's magnetic field and outward flow of the solar wind.
Voyager 1 - NASA Science
The probe is now in interstellar space, the region outside the heliopause, or the bubble of energetic particles and magnetic fields from the Sun. Voyager 1 was launched after Voyager 2, but because of a faster route it exited the asteroid belt earlier than its twin, and it overtook Voyager 2 on Dec. 15, 1977.
NASA’s Voyager 2 Probe Enters Interstellar Space - Science@NASA
Dec 10, 2018 · For the second time in history, a human-made object has reached the space between the stars. NASA’s Voyager 2 probe now has exited the heliosphere – the protective bubble of particles and magnetic fields created by the Sun.
NASA Spacecraft Embarks on Historic Journey into Interstellar …
Sep 12, 2013 · NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft officially is the first human-made object to venture into interstellar space. The 36-year-old probe is about 12 billion miles (19 billion kilometers) from our sun. New and unexpected data indicate Voyager 1 has been traveling for about one year through plasma, or ionized gas, present in the space between stars.
Interstellar Propulsion - NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)
Dec 28, 2023 · Interstellar Propulsion As you read this, humanity’s first interstellar probe has left our solar system and is moving at nearly 17 km/s on its journey through interstellar space.
Interstellar Probe: Humanity's exploration of the Galaxy Begins
Oct 1, 2022 · Interstellar Probe is a mission concept to explore the mechanisms shaping our heliosphere and represents the first step beyond our home, into the interstellar cloud to understand the evolutionary journey of our Sun, Heliosphere and Solar System.