interstellar space

Godspeed, Ed Stone – the man who showed us the solar system

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Ed Stone, former director of JPL and project scientist for the Voyager mission, in front of a mock-up of one of the Voyager spacecraft. The gold plate is visible over his left shoulder. Credit – NASA/JPL Caltech STeve Synnott never forgot the day Ed Stone made him name a moon. It was 1980, and Synnott … Read more

‘Voyager 2 is still going well’

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It’s been several months since one of humanity’s most accomplished spacecraft, the Voyager 1 probe, stopped talking to us — and while they remain somewhat hopeful, Voyager mission scientists are preparing for the worst: a farewell. “Sad and frustrated to see the spacecraft still operating, but muted,” Bruce Waggoner, the Voyager mission assurance manager, told … Read more