Voyager 1

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Voyager 1 is expected to become the first human-made object to reach a distance of one light-day from Earth.

About Voyager 1

• It is a space probe launched by NASA in 1977.
• Objective: To explore the outer planets in our solar system. 
• It is the first spacecraft to travel beyond the solar system and reach interstellar space.
• It is currently the most distant human-made object from Earth.
• Voyager 1’s mission has included flybys of Jupiter and Saturn, with the goal of studying their moons, rings, and magnetic fields.
• Instruments of Voyager 1: Cosmic Ray Subsystem, Plasma Wave Subsystem, Infrared Interferometer Spectrometer and Radiometer (IRIS) etc. 

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Key Achievements of Voyager 1

• It was the first spacecraft to cross the heliosphere, the boundary where the influences outside our solar system are stronger than those from our Sun.
• It crossed into interstellar space in August 2012, making it the first human-made object to venture out of the solar system.
• It discovered a thin ring around Jupiter and two new Jovian moons: Thebe and Metis.
• It also found five new moons and a new ring called the G-ring at Saturn.

Source: LM