Voyager record

1998-02-18T00:00:00

NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft, launched in 1977 to explore Jupiter and Saturn, became the most distant man-made object on 15 February, exceeding the 10.5 billion kilometre record held by the Pioneer 10. Both these craft and the Pioneer 11 and Voyager 2 have left the Solar System. Voyager 1 signals ...

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