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Voyager 1 to reach the solar system's frontier

Washington, Usa - First it has to pass the termination shock

Only termination shock - a violent zone that is the source of beams of high-energy particles - stays between Voyager 1 and the solar system's final frontier. When it reaches this space, scientists will be able to make the first direct measurements of the heliosheath, our solar system's unexplored final frontier. Dr Eric Christian, Discipline Scientist for the Sun Earth Connection research program...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 54679
Rome, Italy, 11/06/2003 15:52
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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