Did you know that……

Today, Voyager 1 has left the solar system behind! This spacecraft was launched 35 years, 6 months and 15 days as of March 20. This was the first spacecraft to fly by the planets Jupiter and Saturn. Now this spacecraft is the first manmade object to leave the solar system behind. This spacecraft carries a golden record that carries sounds of the Earth and pictures of life forms on our planet Earth so if aliens intercept this spacecraft they get this information. It has traveled for 11 billion miles and is out of the heliosphere and is going into interstellar space (space between two stars). If you want to learn more about this mission go to this link…http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/voyager/voyager20120820.html. Stay tuned for more news on space missions!!!!!!

 

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