The space probe, Voyager I, launched in 1977, had sent back spectacular images of Jupiter and Saturn and then soared out of the Solar System on a one-way mission to the stars.

1977年发射的“旅行者一号”太空探测器发回了木星和土星的壮观图像，然后飞出太阳系，执行前往恒星的单程任务。

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Brian makes contact with Voyager, a probe that has been travelling since its launch 30 years ago.

布莱恩让接触“航行者”号探测器，30年前推出以来，一直在旅行。

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By contrast, Voyager 1, the most distant functioning space probe, is using an extremely weak transmitter to beam radio messages back to earth across 10 billion miles of space.

与此形成鲜明对比的是，最遥远的旅行者1号太空飞船在飞出100多亿公里之外，还能利用极其微弱的发射器将无线电信号传回地球。

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On August 20, 1977, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration launched the Voyager space probe from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

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