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Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 launched in 1977 and made a grand tour of the solar system's outer planets. They are the only functioning spacecraft in interstellar space, and they are still sending back measurements of the interstellar medium.


Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 launched in 1977 and each made a grand tour of the solar system before heading out of it.

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