That kind of depends on where you consider the boundary of "the solar system" to be.
It's currently in the "heliosheath" and will probably reach the heliopause... which is one reasonable definition of "outside the solar system"... within the next ten years or so. Voyager 1, which is further away and moving faster, is expected to reach this boundary in about 2015, but Voyager 2 reached the heliosheath significantly closer to the Sun than Voyager 1 did... this boundary appears to be "dented" in the direction that Voyager 2 is heading.
Voyager 2 is well outside what most non-scientists think of as "the solar system" already... it's over twice as far from the Sun as Pluto is, for example.
No, the Voyager mission involved two space probes, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, which were unmanned spacecraft launched by NASA in 1977 to explore the outer planets of our solar system. The probes have continued to travel beyond the solar system into interstellar space.
Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 have both left the heliosphere, but neither has left the solar system. The edge of the solar system is considered to be the outer boundary of the Oort Cloud, The exact width of the Oort Cloud is not known, but its estimated that it would take Voyager 2 about 300 years to reach the inner boundary of it. To reach the outer boundary of the Oort Cloud, truly leaving the solar system, would take Voyager 2 something like 30,000 years.
Yes, Voyager 2 is a space probe itself. It was launched in 1977 by NASA to study the outer planets of our solar system.
Happy little question you've asked there! As of now, there's some debate among scientists about whether Voyager 1 has truly left the solar system or not. It's exploring the edges of our neighborhood in space, and no matter where Voyager roams, it's on a grand, paint-filled adventure in the cosmos.
voyager 1 and 2.... they have sent more although i am a lil fuzzy on the names... there was 1 that has been presumed dead... voager 1 and 2 are still commuicating till this day... and will be until 2020
Because they were the first vehicles to leave the solar system.
There has never been a man made object to leave the Solar System. There are however, two objects which may escape the influence of Sol and enter the interstellar medium. These objects are the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft. It is currently unknown which will leave the system first, as although Voyager 1 was launched first, peculiarities of the nature of the Solar System may mean that Voyager 2 breaks the heliosphere first.
Both Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 are on trajectories that will one day cause them to exit the solar system, but they are both still within its accepted boundaries.
Both Voyager 1 and 2 have travelled through the solar system, I believe Voyager 1 is the only one which has left the solar system (or is in the process of).
Voyager 2 and Voyager 10 There isn't a Voyager 10. You probably meant Pioneer 10.
No, the Voyager mission involved two space probes, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, which were unmanned spacecraft launched by NASA in 1977 to explore the outer planets of our solar system. The probes have continued to travel beyond the solar system into interstellar space.
About 35 years ago.
Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 have both left the heliosphere, but neither has left the solar system. The edge of the solar system is considered to be the outer boundary of the Oort Cloud, The exact width of the Oort Cloud is not known, but its estimated that it would take Voyager 2 about 300 years to reach the inner boundary of it. To reach the outer boundary of the Oort Cloud, truly leaving the solar system, would take Voyager 2 something like 30,000 years.
Yes, Voyager 2 is a space probe itself. It was launched in 1977 by NASA to study the outer planets of our solar system.
Voyager 1 and Voyager 2. There is a matter of some debate as to whether the two Voyager probes have actually left the solar system, an where the "edge" of the solar system actually is. Both are beyond the orbit of Pluto, but have not passed beyond the vaguely-defined Kuiper Belt, and the two probes are just approaching the heliopause, the boundary layer between the solar wind and the broader currents of interstellar space. But it seems likely that however that boundary is defined, the two Voyager probes either were or will be the first man-made objects to pass it.
Yes. Much of what we know about Uranus was learned during a pass by the Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1986 on its way to Neptune and after that, to leave the solar system completely.
Happy little question you've asked there! As of now, there's some debate among scientists about whether Voyager 1 has truly left the solar system or not. It's exploring the edges of our neighborhood in space, and no matter where Voyager roams, it's on a grand, paint-filled adventure in the cosmos.