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Voyager 1 is the farthest human object from Earth

Launched in 1977 the robotic probe is now travelling through interstellar space

Voyager 1 crossed the heliopause in August 2012 to become the first human-built spacecraft to enter interstellar space. It is currently over 24 billion kilometres from Earth, travelling at over 60,000 kilometres per hour while sending telemetry back across interstellar distances.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Launched in 1977 the robotic probe is now travelling through interstellar space. The figure is taken from NASA Science, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a space fact?: Yes. It sits on the Space shelf, one of 1,090 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.