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70 Years of Spaceflight: Unlocking Solar System Secrets

10/26/2025

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Spaceflight over the past 70 years has greatly advanced humanity's understanding of the solar system.
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), launched in 2021, observes deep space from Lagrange Point 2.
Voyager 1, now 15.72 billion miles from Earth, is the first spacecraft to enter interstellar space.
The Parker Solar Probe studies the Sun.
The Juno mission orbits Jupiter.

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Spaceflight over the past 70 years has greatly advanced humanity's understanding of the solar system.
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), launched in 2021, observes deep space from Lagrange Point 2.
Voyager 1, now 15.72 billion miles from Earth, is the first spacecraft to enter interstellar space.
The Parker Solar Probe studies the Sun.
The Juno mission orbits Jupiter.