Explore Outer Space, NASA Plans To Build An Interstellar Explorers Vehicle

NASA makes successor to Voyager 1 for interstellar exploration missions (NASA Gov)

JAKARTA - Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 are NASA-made spacecraft that have navigated the constellations. The two spacecraft have entered interstellar space since their launch in 2012 and 2018.

Launching Slash Gear, it has been four decades since NASA made a spacecraft intended for interstellar exploration. Currently, NASA and its partners are planning to launch their next interstellar spacecraft.

The new spacecraft, named the Interstellar Probe, is designed to travel deeper into the universe to a distance of 1,000 astronomical units from the sun.

The mission aims to learn more about how the heliosphere formed and how it evolved. NASA revealed that the Interstellar Probe will make interstellar travel to galaxies that have never been reached by humans.

"The spacecraft will move into unknown local interstellar space, which has never been reached by humans before", said Elena Profornikova of John Hopkins' Applied Physics Laboratory (APL).

In addition, the Interstellar Probe mission is also aimed at taking pictures of the heliosphere from outside to observe the solar system. NASA has gathered hundreds of researchers for this project.

As many as 500 scientists, engineers, and observers are researching to make this mission a reality. They hope to unravel several mysteries, including how solar plasma interacts with interstellar gas to form the heliosphere.

The heliosphere is essential for sustaining life on Earth. It also protects the solar system from high cosmic radiation. The plan is for the Interstellar Probe spacecraft to be launched in early 2030.