Longest Continuously Operating Electronic Computer Award: Voyager 1 and its twin space probe, both launched by NASA in 1977, were the first human-made objects to reach interstellar space. But that’s not the only record the spacecraft hold. Voyager 2’s Computer Command System has not been turned off since it first booted up about 48 years ago, making it the longest continuously operating electronic computer.
Voyager 1 and 2: First to Interstellar Space and Longest Running Computer
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