NASA to Host Dec. 3 Teleconference About Voyager Mission

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News feature: 2012-379                                                                    Nov. 30, 2012

NASA to Host Dec. 3 Teleconference About Voyager Mission

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PASADENA,Calif.-- NASA will host a media teleconference at 11 a.m. PST (2 p.m. EST) on Monday, Dec. 3, to discuss the latest findings and travels of NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft.

 

Voyager 1 and its twin, Voyager 2, have been speeding through the outer reaches of our solar system and sending back unprecedented data about the bubble of charged particles around our sun. They were launched in 1977 and have traveled farther from Earth than any other spacecraft.

 

Audio and visuals of the event will be streamed live online at:http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl2.

 

For more information about the Voyager mission, visit:http://www.nasa.gov/voyagerandhttp://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov.

 

 

Jia-Rui Cook 818-354-0850               

Jet Propulsion Laboratory,Pasadena,Calif.

jccook@xxxxxxxxxxxx

 

Dwayne Brown 202-358-1726

NASA Headquarters,Washington                                                                

dwayne.c.brown@xxxxxxxx


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