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ramblingboy42
23rd May 2017, 06:52 AM
Currently there are 5 spacecraft leaving or escaping our solar system.

2 of them no longer working but 3 still communicate with us.

the fastest one is Voyager 1 which is hurtling along at approximately 61,000kmh , will reach our nearest star , Proxima Centauri , in only 70,000 years. No one will ever know if it gets there or what will happen when it does.

kinda makes one feel small.

this information is available through Heavens-Above (http://www.heavens-above.com)

Den,
theres something out there......

Ausfree
23rd May 2017, 07:26 AM
Makes you realise how big the Universe is, doesn't it.:eek2: The speed of light is 300,000k's PER SECOND so that spacecraft is only moving at a snails pace.