Voyager 1
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
HOUSTON—NASA’s Voyager 1, launched on Sept. 5, 1977, is headed toward a major milestone. On Nov. 18, the plutonium-radioisotope, thermoelectrically powered spacecraft will become not only the most distant human-made object ever, but also reach one light day, or 16.09 billion mi. (25.89 billion km)...
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