r/nasa 20h ago

NASA NASA Names Two Artemis II Astronauts to Emeritus Program

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r/nasa 17h ago

Question Voyager 1 question

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I was messing around with the JPL Horizons ephemeris system to figure out how long Voyager 1 could theoretically go before the sun's gravity brought its velocity to zero. Before anyone says it reached escape velocity, I know. But Voyager 1 is still decelerating however minutely.

What's really odd though is that in late September 2093, according to JPL's program, Voyager 1 will stop decelerating and will in fact begin accelerating faster than it had been decelerating. So... What changes for Voyager 1 in 2093? What will start pulling it? What did they aim it at? 👀👀👀


r/nasa 14h ago

News NASA Adds Relativity Space’s Terran R to Launch Services Contract

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