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The probe left the heliosphere for interstellar space at 119 AU on November 5, 2018. [4] Voyager 2 is still active. It is not heading toward any particular star, although in roughly 40,000 years it should pass 1.7 light-years from the star Ross 248. [5] Ross 248 and the Sun currently approach each other.
The Spirit of Goodyear, one of the iconic Goodyear Blimps. This is a list of airships with a current unexpired Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) [1] registration.. In 2021, Reader's Digest said that "consensus is that there are about 25 blimps still in existence and only about half of them are still in use for advertising purposes". [2]
Human presence in outer space began with the first launches of artificial object in the mid 20th century, and has increased to the point where Earth is orbited by a vast number of artificial objects and the far reaches of the Solar System have been visited and explored by a range of space probes.
Saturn’s rings are seen as viewed by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, which obtained the images that comprise this mosaic at a distance of approximately 450,000 miles from Saturn April 25, 2007.
RM: It does seem that after the pictures came back, there was an outpouring of affection for Pluto. It was kind of an afterthought among the planets—the dwarf planet. But now we’re discovering that it has a tail, it has mountains… AB: Well, everybody loves the underdog. I think that’s what we do as humans—we look for ourselves in things.
All spacecraft that have left Earth orbit for the purposes of Solar System exploration (or were launched with that intention but failed), including lunar probes. A small number of pioneering or notable Earth-orbiting craft. [vague] It does not include: Centuries of terrestrial telescopic observation. The great majority of Earth-orbiting satellites.
NASA’s Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore will wait until 2025 to return to Earth on their newly assigned spacecraft, SpaceX’s Crew-9. Here’s what they’re doing in space.
This weekend brings a chance to view November’s full moon, 2024’s last supermoon, followed by the Leonid meteor shower that’s set to peak Saturday night into Sunday.