Voyager 1

Voyager 1 is a space probe launched by NASA on September 5, 1977. Part of the Voyager program to study the outer Solar System, Voyager 1 launched 16 days after its twin, Voyager 2. Having operated for 38 years, 5 months and 12 days, the spacecraft still communicates with the Deep Space Network to receive routine commands and return data. At a distance of 134 AU (2.00×10¹⁰ km) as of winter 2016, it is the farthest spacecraft from Earth and the only one in interstellar space.

The probe's primary mission objectives included flybys of Jupiter, Saturn, and Saturn's large moon, Titan. While the spacecraft's course could have been altered to include a Pluto encounter by forgoing the Titan flyby, exploration of the moon, which was known to have a substantial atmosphere, took priority. It studied the weather, magnetic fields, and rings of the two planets and was the first probe to provide detailed images of their moons.

After completing its primary mission with the flyby of Saturn on November 20, 1980, Voyager 1 began an extended mission to explore the regions and boundaries of the outer heliosphere. On August 25, 2012, Voyager 1 crossed the heliopause to become the first spacecraft to enter interstellar space and study the interstellar medium. Voyager 1's extended mission is expected to continue until around 2025, when its radioisotope thermoelectric generators will no longer supply enough electric power to operate any of its scientific instruments.

Voyager 1 (disambiguation)

Voyager 1 may refer to:

Voyager 1 (album)

Voyager 1 is a live EP by British group The Verve (at the time known as Verve), released only in the United States in March 1993.

Album details

The album was recorded live in London and New York City during 1992. Four of the six tracks appear on other Verve albums or EPs, those being "Gravity Grave" and "She's a Superstar" on Verve EP; and "Slide Away" and "Already There" on A Storm in Heaven.

Only 1000 clear blue vinyl copies were pressed, making it a collectors' item. However, 300 of the copies were ruined in transit from Britain to the States, making this even rarer. As of 1st January 2016, three of them can be bought online on amazon.com, the highest priced at $10,000. The German copy, black vinyl version is actually a bootleg of a bootleg. Several third-party websites also have the digital version, selling at various costs.

Tracks that were never released as singles

"One Way to Go"

"One Way to Go" was featured as a B-side to "All in the Mind", The Verve's first ever single release, in 1992. The song remained in the band's playlist for only a short period, being dropped before the Gravity Grave Tour of October 1992.