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X-games in space: Record-smashing probes

By David Shiga

1 July 2010

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By spacecraft standards, Voyager 2 is an endurance athlete. On 28 June, the longest operating space probe celebrated having spent 12,000 days – almost 33 years – in space. It’s not the only spacecraft to have set a record for extreme achievement. New Scientist chronicles the missions that have pushed the envelope.

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