Voyager getting close getting out

Ahoy, shipmates!

Voyager 1 spacecraft has been travelling 33 years. Now it is getting close to getting out from the solar system:

The BBC: Voyager near Solar System's edge
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11988466

NASA: NASA Probe Sees Solar Wind Decline En Route To Interstellar Space
http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010/dec/HQ_10-334_Voyager_Voyages.html

With large distance communication in mind, the Golden Records the two Voyagers are carrying are interesting:
http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/spacecraft/goldenrec.html

Regards

PK
Finland

Thanks Pasi
It's hard to believe that 33 years have past since humanity sent Voyager 1 on this great adventure.
These are very interesting articles.
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For voyager to get into another stars influence will take it 73000 years. It is about 6 astromnomical units out from the sun. It is still being inflrnced by the suns heliosheath. Still active after all these years. I only wonder how long it takes a signal to reach it. It is very close to be in interstellar space soon. There is some strange occurances like its path has changed abour 2000 miles from where it should be. Something else is affecting the spacecraft tragetory. Space is so vast it is mind numbing.

I only wonder how long it takes a signal to reach it. It is very close to be in interstellar space soon

4 years to go into interstellar space. Cool.