voyager20130914WASHINGTON, D.C.: Never before has a human-built spacecraft traveled so far. National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Voyager 1 probe has left the solar system and is wandering the galaxy, United States scientists said on Thursday (Friday in Manila).

The spacecraft, which looks like a combination of a satellite dish and an old television set with rabbit ear antennas, was launched in 1977 on a mission to explore planets in our solar system.

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