The Voyager 2 spacecraft which has been in operation since 1977 and is the only spacecraft to have ever visited Uranus and Neptune has made its way to interstellar space where its twin spacecraft Voyager 1 has resided since August 2012. Continuing on their over-40-year journey since their 1977 launches they each are much farther away from Earth and the sun than Pluto. Voyager 1 Wikipedia Voyager 2 is also escaping the solar system at a speed of about 33 AU per year 48 degrees out of the ecliptic plane to the south. . Anil Natha Luis Espinoza Webmasters. The Voyager 1 probe is currently the farthest human-made object from EarthBoth Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 have reached interstellar space the region between stars where the galactic plasma is present. Continuing on their over-40-year journey. Because it was on a faster route to the missions first encounter at Jupiter Voyager 1 overtook Voyager 2 on Dec. The twin Voyager 1 and
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