At what speed can a man made space ship currently travel?

Answer 1

Helios 2, launched in 1976, is the fastest man made craft at approximately 153,800 miles per hour. It is currently in an elliptical orbit around our sun, but ceased functioning in 1985.

As for manned craft, orbital craft such as the Space Shuttle travel between 17,000 and 18,000 miles per hour.

You must remember though, our galaxy is also moving. Our sun makes one revolution through the Milky Way once every 225 million years at a speed of approximately 480,000 miles per hour.

Our galaxy is traveling through space at approximately 1.3 million miles per hour.

Answer 2

The fastest man-made spacecraft is the Parker Solar Probe, which can reach speeds of up to 430,000 miles per hour (700,000 kilometers per hour) during its closest approach to the sun. Other spacecraft like the Voyager probes and New Horizons have also traveled at high speeds, but not as fast as the Parker Solar Probe.