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Voyager probes still exploring interstellar space nearly 49 years on

Original: NASA’s Voyager mission is still exploring interstellar space nearly 49 years after launch. Voyager 1 is humanity’s most

NASA's Voyager mission continues its science in interstellar space almost 49 years after launch. Voyager 1 remains humanity's most distant spacecraft, while Voyager 2 is still the only probe to have visited Uranus and Neptune. Both craft carry the Golden Record, a message from Earth to any life that might find them, and people are celebrating the enduring engineering achievement.

Why now: The remarkable longevity of the nearly five-decade-old probes, still returning data from beyond the solar system, keeps drawing renewed public admiration.

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• NASA’s Voyager mission is still exploring interstellar space nearly 49 years after launch. Voyager 1 is humanity’s most distant spacecraft. Voyager 2 remains our only visitor to Uranus and Neptune. Both carry the Golden Record — Earth’s message to the cosmos. https://www.… · nexthorizon · 4

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