"We the willing, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, with so little, for so long, we are now qualified to do anything, with nothing" By Konstantin Josef Jireček, a Czech historian, diplomat and slavist.
Voyager-1 will not approach another star for nearly 40,000 years, even though it is moving at 45km/s (100,000mph). “Voyager-1 will be in orbit around the centre of our galaxy with all its stars for billions of years,” said Prof Stone.Voyager 2 launched on 20 August 1977; Voyager 1 lifted off on 5 September the same year
Their official missions were to study Jupiter and Saturn, but the probes were able to continue on
The Voyager 1 probe is now the furthest human-built object from Earth
Both probes carry discs with recordings designed to portray the diversity of culture on Earth
#Nasa’s Voyager-1 spacecraft has become the first manmade object to leave the Solar System http://bbc.in/17ZEJce
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