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In August 1977, NASA launched Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 into space with no idea they would go on to become the space agency's longest-running mission. The twin probes would end up visiting Jupiter and Saturn, and Uranus and Neptune, respectively, before going on to become the first (and only) human-made objects to get to interstellar space in August 2012. Nearly 50 years on, they continue to go strong. Over the last few years, the Voyager team has performed some impressive maneuvers from an unfathomable distance to keep them working, so to mark their continuous success, we spoke to Dr Linda Spilker, Voyager Project Scientist, about these extraordinary spacecraft, what they have achieved in their 48 years of travel, and what they are doing next.


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