Voyager 1 Breaking Through the Borders of the Solar System

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After almost 35 years traveling at over 35,000 mph, the venerable (and still operational!) Voyager 1 spacecraft is truly breaking through to the other side, crossing the outermost boundaries of our solar system into interstellar space — over 11 billion miles from home. (...)Read the rest of Voyager 1 Breaking Through the Borders of the [...]

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[ravens_cry]

It's been a long time, getting from there to here.
When she first flew, the space shuttle was still in development and Skylab was in orbit.
Now the space shuttle has ended, and a private spacecraft has delivered supplies to a space station constructed and manned by several different nations.
It has indeed been a long time, and she still does science.
Amazing.
But even on that sad day when she ceases to function, she will continue to carry a beacon into the unknown, a shout into the void, a literal record of who we are as a species.
Thank you, to Voyager 1 and those who built and run this fine craft.
Thank you.

[KaiYeves]

It's been a long time, getting from there to here.
When she first flew, the space shuttle was still in development and Skylab was in orbit.
Now the space shuttle has ended, and a private spacecraft has delivered supplies to a space station constructed and manned by several different nations.
It has indeed been a long time, and she still does science.
Amazing.
But even on that sad day when she ceases to function, she will continue to carry a beacon into the unknown, a shout into the void, a literal record of who we are as a species.
Thank you, to Voyager 1 and those who built and run this fine craft.
Thank you.

What he said.

[mapguy]

On heavens-above.com, you can monitor the position of various probes leaving the solar system...

...but if you compare the orbit of Neptune in that diagram to the orbit of Neptune in this Wikipedia diagram illustrating Sedna's orbit...

...I realize that the scattered disc must extend way out beyond the heliopause, correct?