• Question: How far away has a probe gone?

    Asked by smileyluke8 to Colm, Eoin, Joseph, Lauren, Stephen on 14 Nov 2013.
    • Photo: Eoin O Colgain

      Eoin O Colgain answered on 14 Nov 2013:

      Voyager, launched 1977, has recently left the solar system. Is this what you meant?

    • Photo: Stephen Scully

      Stephen Scully answered on 14 Nov 2013:

      Voyager 1 is the furthest man made object ever, it is now at the edge of the known solar system. It will be the first man made object to leave the solar system and head into deep space.

    • Photo: Joseph Roche

      Joseph Roche answered on 15 Nov 2013:

    • Photo: colm bracken

      colm bracken answered on 19 Nov 2013:

      Yes as two of the other guys said Voyager 1 and 2 are the furthest probes from Earth. They carry on them gold plated disks that have recordings of greetings in many languages and pictures that explain who we are and where we are. This is in case any aliens come across them. The Pluto probe Horizon is the fastest moving man-made probe so it will eventually overtake the Voyagers to be the furthest object away fro Earth.
      What is amazing about Voyager 2 is that it is still transmitting a detectable signal 36 years later!

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