Interstellar space probe
Voyager 1
Launched in 1977 and the most distant human-made object. It crossed into interstellar space in 2012 and carries the Golden Record of Earth’s sounds and music.
- Launched
- 5 Sep 1977
- Speed
- 17 km/s
- Left the heliosphere
- August 2012
- Power
- Plutonium RTGs
Air on board
- None, it’s a vacuum
Spacecraft
Measured by JPL Horizons