Voyager 1 is still crossing interstellar space with six computers holding about 68 kilobytes of memory between them — less storage than a single compressed photograph on a modern phone

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• The engineers who built Voyager knew they would almost certainly be dead before it left the solar system, and they built it anyway, a gift from people who would never see where their work would go ScienceBlog.com · 1d ago
• NASA's Voyager 1 Radio Transmitter Is Weaker Than a Refrigerator Lightbulb. It Still Reaches Earth From 15 Billion Miles Away 19FortyFive · 1d ago
• Voyager 1 on track to reach one light-day from Earth it-online.co.za · 1d ago
• In 1977, NASA launched two probes designed to last five years. Voyager 1 and 2 are now the only human-made objects in interstellar space, still operating, still transmitting, funded by a team of engineers some of whom have worked on the mission for nearly Space Daily · 1d ago
• Voyager 1 is still crossing interstellar space with six computers holding about 68 kilobytes of memory between them — less storage than a single compressed photograph on a modern phone Space Daily · 1d ago

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