Throughout human history interest in the stars continued to increase. While the first humans looked to the stars to understand the floods and migration times, they later formed religions using these celestial bodies, measured time and worked to solve the mysteries of the universe.

Calendars August 20, 1977When NASA points to Voyager-2 sent his vehicle into space. 16 days later Voyager-1, took his place in space to accompany his twin brother. These vehicles, which are respectively 19.3 billion and 23.3 billion km from our planet, have made history as the farthest man-made vehicles.

Houston we have a problem

For use as fuel in Voyager vehicles the radioactive isotope plutonium-238 is used. As this isotope radiated energy as it radiated, the vehicles that collected this energy via thermoelectric radioisotope generators continued their journey into space. These vehicles, which initially had 450 watts of power, lose 4-6 watts of power every year.

More or less, according to NASA engineers, for vehicles to work 200 watts it takes strength. That’s why engineers who don’t want to risk the vehicles try to extend the life of the vehicles by turning off any systems they don’t deem necessary.

Yet the way we can go by disabling the systems or forcing the car to a minimum is also limited. First of all, these devices break down mechanically and over time. Over time, these tools will become obsolete, but to do that, scientists, Keep Voyager 1 and 2 running do their best for it.

Voyager 1 and 2, while their main mission is to explore space up to the gas giants. in 1989 completed.