(GIST OF SCIENCE REPORTER) Voyager 1

(JANUARY-2026)

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

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.

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 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.