9/26/26 - Celebrate and Voyager 1
Saturday 9/26/26
Celebrate:
Saturday
Family Health and Fitness Day USA
Fish Amnesty Day
Human Resource Professional Day
International Lace Day
International Rabbit Day
Johnny Appleseed Day
Kiwanis Kids' Day
Lumberjack Day
Museum Day
National Better Breakfast Day
National Compliance Officer Day
National Dumpling Day
National Ghost Hunting Day
National Hunting and Fishing Day
National Key Lime Pie Day
National Public Lands Day
National Seat Check Saturday
National Singles Day
National Situational Awareness Day
National Wildlife Ecology Day
R.E.A.D. in American Day
Save Your Photos Day
Shamu the Whale Day
The Last of Us Day
Sunday
Ancestor Appreciation Day
Daughter's Day
Gold Star Mothers Day
Morning Show Hosts Day
National Chocolate Milk Day
National Corned Beef Hash Day
National Crush a Can Day
National Day of Forgiveness
World Deaf Day
World Rivers Day
World Tourism Day
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Voyager 1, launched in 1977, has far outlived its original four-year mission. Powered by diminishing plutonium-238 radioisotope generators, it continues to transmit data from interstellar space. Yet as its power supply and ageing systems decline, NASA anticipates that Voyager 1 may go silent by 2030, with basic engineering data potentially lasting until around 2036.
Once Voyager 1 stops transmitting, humanity loses its only direct 'sensor' in interstellar space. No other spacecraft resides beyond our heliosphere. Its continued transmissions have provided unique insights into cosmic rays, magnetic fields, and plasma waves in regions no probe has previously accessed. From that moment onward, our understanding of the local interstellar medium will rely on past Voyager data and any future probes eventually launched.
I thought there was some movie in 1979 that tells us what happens with Voyager 1. I thought that it was coming back to destroy us. I don'tknow..it just seems like something I've seen!
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Enjoy your first official Fall weekend!
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