In the summer of 2012, the 1,592-pound space probe Voyager 1 became the first man-made object to exit our solar system. NASA had launched the probe in 1977; the multi-billion-mile trek to the edge of ...
The slingshot, called TARS, could in theory accelerate a small spacecraft up to 620 miles per second. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...