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Nasa successfully fires Voyager 1 thrusters after 37 years
Experts at Nasa's jet propulsion laboratory in California decided to turn to four backup thrusters that were last used on 8 November 1980
1 min read2 Dec 2017Science
Forty years on, Voyager still hurtles through space
When the Voyager spacecraft was launched in 1977, its main mission was to explore outer planets of our solar system, but it also carried the story of humanity into deep space
3 min read27 Aug 2017Photos
NASA's Voyager 1 becomes first spacecraft to leave our solar system
Thirty-six years after being launched and having travelled about 19 billion kilometres from the sun, NASA's spacecraft Voyager 1 has become the first human-made object to venture out of our solar system and enter the interstellar space. Images of the probe, and its dramatic journey.
13 Sep 2013