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Voyager 1 Reaches Interstellar Space

On September 12, 2013 NASA confirmed that the Voyager 1 spacecraft became the first man-made object to ever leave the solar system. Onboard the Voyager craft is a 12” diameter gold record (inset) containing sights and sounds of mankind’s history, science, and ambitions in the hopes that someday an alien race will understand a small part of our species.

 

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