Instrument
Voyager Cosmic Ray Subsystem (CRS)
The Voyager cosmic-ray detectors, whose measurements of the sudden change in particle counts marked each spacecraft's crossing of the heliopause into interstellar space.
Highlights
- ›Detected the Voyagers' crossing into interstellar space
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Knowledge connections
- Member of groupCharged-Particle Detector
- Instrument onVoyager 1
- Instrument onVoyager 2
Sources
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- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
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- NASA JPLJet Propulsion Laboratory / Solar System Dynamics
Orbital data, ephemerides, and small-body parameters for planets, asteroids, and comets.