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Re:Voyager 1 hears the hush of interstellar plasma by Denvercoder9 on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @05:59AM (#27116192)
> Humanity hasn't sent any probe having an extra-solar system target since 1977??

The Voyagers didn't have an extrasolar target either, they were meant to visit the outer planets. If we're looking at probes that leave the solar system after their original mission, we launched New Horizons in 2006 to Pluto, and it's currently in the Kuiper Belt on its way to leave the solar system.

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Re:Voyager 1 hears the hush of interstellar plasma by fogihujy on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @07:30AM (#27116744)
Just to add to that: NH is on it's way out of the system now, after 15 years, and it should have another 15-20 years left in it's RTG.

Meanwhile, there are actual interstellar probes being planned, in addition to several missions to the outer solar system (and which could end up in interstellar space afterwards).

And there's a ton of missions planned for the inner regions of the Solar system -- space exploration is still a thing and there's a lot of exciting things happening.

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