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.
A high count could also be a warning sign for lung or ovarian cancer. These conditions are also possible causes of a high amylase count: 1  Acute or chronic pancreatitis: enzymes that help break down food in the intestines malfunction and begin breaking down the tissues of the pancreas.