Thursday, May 26, 2005

NASA: Voyager I enters solar system's final frontier

The Voyager I spacecraft has moved into the solar system's final frontier, a vast area where the sun's influence gives way to interstellar space, NASA's Web site reports.
"Voyager has entered the final lap on its race to the edge of interstellar space, as it begins exploring the solar system's final frontier..."At 8.7 billion miles from the sun, Voyager I has entered the heliosheath, a region beyond termination shock -- the critical boundary that marks the transition from the solar system into interstellar space....
Shields up...Red Alert...

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