In 1990, its primary mission over, Voyager 1 was instructed to point its camera at Earth, or the Pale Blue Dot, 6 billion kilometers away. VOYAGER 1 has been beaming data to Earth since 1977. But members of mission control at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasadena, California, are as excited as ever.
Cause of Elevated A1c Levels. The higher your blood sugar levels and the longer your blood sugar remains high, the more excess sugar is present in the blood and the more opportunities this excess sugar has to bond to hemoglobin.
1 Cirrhosis of the liver is another reason for elevated bilirubin levels. 2  Acute hepatitis caused by Hepatitis A and Hepatitis B is another reason. 3  Hemolysis - red blood cell destruction.  Liver failure or any liver disease that worsens over a period of time.