How Far Humans Have Sent Spacecraft Into Space - Animated Map of Solar System

Courtesy Tech Insider - The farthest in space that humans have gone is the moon, most recently during the Apollo 17 mission in December 1972. The farthest that any object made by humans has gone is slightly outside of our own solar system (farther out than any of the planets, that is, but still within the reach of the sun's influence). According to NASA, as of January 2001 the Voyager 1 mission (originally launched in 1977 to study the outer planets) was 12 billion kilometers from the sun (around 80 times the Earth-Sun distance) and moving away at a rate of several hundred million kilometers per year.

Voyager 1, though, is still out there hurtling through space past its 40th year of operation. Voyager 1 even still communicates with us on Earth! Currently, Voyager 1 is about 130 times the Earth-Sun distance, or 19.5 billion kilomers from home. Not only is Voyager 1 the furthest spacecraft from Earth, it's also now officially the only spacecraft to have ever left the solar system. Voyager 1 crossed the region known as the "heliopause" starting in 2012, and is now considered to truly be in interstellar space.

The Future Of Space Exploration
Orion
During Exploration Mission-1, Orion will venture thousands of miles beyond the moon during an approximately three-week mission.

Modern space exploration is reaching areas once only dreamed about. Mars is focal point of modern space exploration, and manned Mars exploration is a long-term goal of the United States. NASA is on a journey to Mars, with a goal of sending humans to the Red Planet in the 2030s.

NASA and its partners have sent orbiters, landers, and rovers, increasing our knowledge about the planet. The Curiosity Rover has gathered radiation data to protect astronauts, and the MARS 2020 Rover will study the availability of oxygen and other Martian resources.

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