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.
The more glucose that enters the bloodstream, the higher the amount of glycated hemoglobin,â Dr. Dodell says. An A1C level below 5.7 percent is considered normal. An A1C between 5.7 and 6.4 percent signals pre-diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is diagnosed when the A1C is over 6.5 percent.For many people with type 2 diabetes, the goal is to lower A1C levels to a healthier percentage.our doctor may want to run the test as often as every three months if your A1C is not within your target range. What the A1C Results Mean. The A1C test measures the glucose (blood sugar) in your blood by assessing the amount of whatâs called glycated hemoglobin. âHemoglobin is a protein within red blood cells.