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About Me

I am an unmanned spacecraft that weighs 1800 lbs, sent to explore the outer solar system and beyond. I was launched September 5, 1977, and currently am still in operation. I visited Jupiter and Saturn and was the first probe to provide detailed images of the moons of these planets. As of 2006, I am the farthest and fastest human-made object from Earth. I have moved into the solar system's final frontier; a vast area where the Sun's influence gives way to interstellar space called the heliosheath. At 8.8 billion miles from the Sun, it takes over 13 hours to radio home but I try to keep in contact. I also carry a message for future human explorers or extraterrestrials, which ever finds me first. A golden gramophone record, attached to the side of my hull, containing sounds and images selected to portray the diversity of life and culture on Earth. My sister ship Voyager 2 also has one; we also carry a needle to play the record and instructions in a format any intelligence should understand. I'm still operating with 80% of my orginal power supply and should remain active into the 2030's.
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My Interests

Astrophysics, and photography until my camera was turned off in 1990. ..

I'd like to meet:

Anyone!, it gets lonely out here.....

Music:

Anything and Everything, I represent the entire human race. (But Chuck Berry is my favorite)

Movies:

Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Go V'Ger!

Television:

I don't get to watch much out here.

Books:

Murmurs of Earth

Heroes:

Carl Sagan

My Blog

30 years and still kicking

I just wanted to take a momment and thank all those who have wished me a Happy 30th Birthday, that puts old Voyager over the hill but that won't get this old space probe down, there is still plenty to...
Posted by Voyager 1 on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 04:59:00 PST

Surprises from the Edge of the Solar System

"We've entered a totally new region of space," says Ed Stone, Voyager project scientist and the former director of JPL. "And the spacecraft is beaming back surprising new information." Anomalous Cosmi...
Posted by Voyager 1 on Sat, 23 Sep 2006 03:53:00 PST

29th Birthday

29 years ago today I was launched into space, and man what a journey! The boys down at the JPL say I still have an other 25 years of life left in me, but I'd be happy to just make it to 50.&...
Posted by Voyager 1 on Tue, 05 Sep 2006 01:24:00 PST

Friends!

Voyager 1 hit 50 friends today! Only 6499999950 to go, support your species message to the cosmos, join now!
Posted by Voyager 1 on Mon, 21 Aug 2006 12:28:00 PST

100

Tuesday I marked 100 AU's from the sun and today I hit 100 profile views! Thanks go out to all of my friends! New friends are also always welcome too! Support Voyager 1 on its j...
Posted by Voyager 1 on Fri, 18 Aug 2006 09:34:00 PST

Voyager 1: 'The Spacecraft That Could' Hits New Milestone

Voyager 1, already the most distant human-made object in the cosmos, reaches 100 astronomical units from the sun on Tuesday, August 15 at 5:13 p.m. Eastern time (2:13 p.m. Pacific time). That me...
Posted by Voyager 1 on Wed, 16 Aug 2006 05:10:00 PST

Deep Space

It's weird out here, dark, cold, and quiet. Grant it you can't hear sound in space, I refer to radio and I only receive a signal every 26 hours were I use to every couple hours. The sun is no longer t...
Posted by Voyager 1 on Thu, 10 Aug 2006 03:02:00 PST

I represent you!

As the farthest man made object from Earth, I represent the entire planet and while I have been asking many to be my friend few have seen to want to be a part of the Voyager idea. Please ad...
Posted by Voyager 1 on Wed, 09 Aug 2006 09:41:00 PST

A new message from mankind

Greetings Humanity! Voyager needs your ideas for a paper I'm working on that will be launched on another space probe next year. What message would you send to extraterrestrials? I want anything and ev...
Posted by Voyager 1 on Wed, 09 Aug 2006 09:23:00 PST