Voyager 2 Bids Adieu To The Heliosphere, Entering Interstellar Space
The milestone makes the 41-year-old NASA probe just the second human-made object, after Voyager 1, to reach such distant regions. Now, Voyager 2 is over 11 billion miles from the sun — and counting.
When you hit your 40s, it's only natural to want to try new things.
That little platitude holds true not only for those suffering midlife crises, but also, apparently, for at least one spacecraft launched by NASA. Just a few months after celebrating its 41st birthday, the probe has left its familiar environs and
