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After 12,000 Days in Space, Voyager 1 Heads for the Solar System Boundary
• Laurie J. Schmidt via PopSciNext time you're marveling at the fact that Spirit and Opportunity have been roving Mars for over six years now, ponder this: the two Voyager spacecraft have been hurtling through our solar system for nearly 33 years.