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Interstellar space

2 questions tagged Interstellar space β€” spanning every one of the seven Ws.

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Whose spacecraft first reached an interstellar environment?

NASA’s Voyager 1 became the first human-made object in interstellar space in 2012. It crossed the heliopause after leaving the Sun’s bubble.

Space explorationInterstellar space
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Which spacecraft first reached an interstellar destination?

No spacecraft has reached another star system, but Voyager 1 first entered interstellar space in 2012. It crossed the heliopause, the boundary of the Sun’s influence.

AstronomyInterstellar space