VOYAGER 1 LEADS PACK OF WORLD'S MOST DISTANT SPACECRAFT

Aug 18, 7:51 AM EDT


BY MARCIA DUNN
AP AEROSPACE WRITER


CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- NASA's Voyager 1 has traveled farther from Earth than any other spacecraft. It's a mind-boggling 12.9 billion miles away, 40 years after its launch.

A list of the world's most distant spacecraft, according to NASA. All flew from Cape Canaveral.

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1. Voyager 1 at 12.9 billion miles distant. Launched Sept. 5, 1977. Only spacecraft to reach interstellar space.

2. Pioneer 10 no longer communicating at an estimated at 11.1 billion miles distant. Launched in 1972.

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