Voyager Spacecraft Greatly Exceed Expectations

Pasadena Star-News - Voyager Spacecraft Greatly Exceed NASA Expectations
By Elise Kleeman Staff Writer

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>>They have visited four planets and 48 moons, and in another 10 years both will pierce the boundary of the solar system.
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The Voyager spacecraft are now rushing away from the sun at almost 1 million miles a day.
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In December 2004, Voyager 1 passed a boundary in the solar system known as the termination shock.<<

Fascinating reading. My father and other members of my extended family once worked at NASA's JPL in Pasadena, so I have always taken an interest.