Voyager 1 takes final step before leaving solar system

NASA's Voyager 1, launched in 1977, has become the first spacecraft to enter the heliosheath, its final step before leaving the solar system, the aerospace agency said May 24. "Voyager 1 has entered the final lap on its race to the edge of interstellar space," Ed Stone, the Voyager project scientist...

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