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 A1c test measures how much sugar is attached to hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is a protein found in red blood cells that helps carry oxygen throughout the body.Glucose attaches to protein in the blood naturally. When blood sugar is higher, more sugar is attached to hemoglobin.our doctor may order this test if he or she suspects that you may be developing type 2 diabetes, or to see how well your blood sugar in controlled if you have diabetes. Higher A1c levels are associated with higher blood sugar levels, which can lead to complications.