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Nostalgic Voyager documentary relives first exploration of the solar system

The first spacecraft to visit the outer planets launched 40 years ago

FIRST OF ITS KIND A Voyager spacecraft flies by Saturn in this computer-generated image from The Farthest.

Courtesy of Tangled Bank Studios

By Lisa Grossman

August 7, 2017 at 3:00 pm

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