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October 14, 2018

NASA Voyager 2 Could Be Nearing Interstellar Space

Has Traveled Just Under 11 Billion Miles Since 1977 Launch

NASA's Voyager 2 probe, currently on a journey toward interstellar space, has detected an increase in cosmic rays that originate outside our solar system. Launched in 1977, Voyager 2 is a little less than 11 billion miles from Earth, or more than 118 times the distance from Earth to the Sun.

Thales Alenia Space Contributes Expertise To The Study Of An International Mars Sample Return Mission

Thales Alenia Space, a joint company between Thales and Leonardo, has signed two study contracts with the European Space Agency (ESA) in the frame of a joint ESA-NASA study on an international Mars Sample Return mission. This latest mission to the Red Planet is designed to bring samples from the surface of Mars back to Earth. It represents a major new step forward in our exploration of the Solar System, its formation, and especially in our study of Mars and questions about its possible habitability.