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Voyager launched in 1977, long before the first web server at CERN in 1990. Yet we now track deep-space machines through a world shaped by the web.

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Voyager launched in 1977, long before the first web server in 1990 — so a probe was leaving the Solar System before the web that now spans Earth even existed.

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Voyager, CERN'deki ilk web sunucusundan çok önce, 1977'de fırlatıldı. Yine de bugün derin uzay makinelerini web'in şekillendirdiği bir dünyadan takip ediyoruz.

Voyager, 1990'daki ilk web sunucusundan çok önce, 1977'de fırlatıldı — yani bir sonda, bugün Dünya'yı saran web daha var olmadan, Güneş Sistemi'ni terk ediyordu.

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S02 NASA Voyager Status; S15 CERN Web History

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