Friday, December 30, 2022

Where are the most distant spacecraft in the solar system?

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December 30, 2022
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The Launchpad
Where are the most distant spacecraft in the solar system?
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Humans have been flinging things into deep space for 50 years now, since the 1972 launch of Pioneer 10. We now have five spacecraft that have either reached the edges of our solar system or are fast approaching it: Pioneer 10, Pioneer 11, Voyager 1, Voyager 2 and New Horizons.

Most of these probes have defied their expected deaths and are still operating long beyond their original mission plans. So where are they now?
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