Interstellar Probe (ISP) is a proposed NASA space probe designed to explore and characterize the heliosphere and interstellar space. The study was originally proposed in 2018 by NASA for the Applied Physics Laboratory. It would have a baseline launch between 2036 and 2041. [1]

An interstellar probe is a space probe that has left—or is expected to leave—the Solar System and enter interstellar space, which is typically defined as the region beyond the heliopause. It also refers to probes capable of reaching other star systems.

Oct 26, 2021 · Scientists who want to understand what's beyond our solar system have designed an interstellar spacecraft that could go out farther and faster than the famous Voyager probes.

Dec 10, 2018 · For the second time in history, a human-made object has reached the space between the stars. This illustration shows the position of NASA’s Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 probes, outside of the heliosphere, a protective bubble created by the Sun that extends well past the orbit of Pluto.

Explore the interstellar medium and determine directly the properties of the interstellar gas, the interstellar magnetic field, low-energy cosmic rays, and interstellar dust.

Dec 21, 2021 · Voyagers 1 and 2 made history in the 2010s when they left the bubble of hot gas that surrounds our Sun, its so-called heliosphere, and entered the interstellar medium - the region of space...

What is Interstellar Probe? How far does the influence of our Sun extends into the interstellar space? The first direct sampling of density, temperature, ionization, state, composition and fields beyond the heliopause would provide decisive information on the heliospheric interaction, and also on the chemical evolution of the galaxy.

Nov 2, 2024 · The probe is now in interstellar space, the region outside the heliopause, or the bubble of energetic particles and magnetic fields from the Sun. Voyager 1 was launched after Voyager 2, but because of a faster route it exited the asteroid belt earlier than its twin, and it overtook Voyager 2 on Dec. 15, 1977.

Dec 19, 2016 · Space probe pioneers say the radiation, energy and particle-bathed space between the stars—the so-called interstellar medium—is itself a worthy science destination.

Dec 28, 2023 · Interstellar Propulsion As you read this, humanity’s first interstellar probe has left our solar system and is moving at nearly 17 km/s on its journey through interstellar space.