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Voyager 1 Will Soon Be a Light-Day From Earth — Opening a New Chapter of Space Exploration

Voyager 1 Will Soon Be a Light-Day From Earth — Opening a New Chapter of Space Exploration

Launched as part of a mission to study the outer planets, Voyager 1 has now traversed a distance so vast that light itself—the fastest thing in the universe—would take 24 hours to cover it. The spacecraft has exceeded all expectations in both duration and distance, becoming a symbol of human persistence in exploring the cosmos. NASA’s engineers had originally intended …

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