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  2. Interstellar probe - Wikipedia

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    Model of the design for Interstellar Probe; antennas travel far beyond bounds of picture. Interstellar Probe (spacecraft) (ISP) (2018–) A NASA funded study, led by the Applied Physics Laboratory, on possible options for an interstellar probe. The nominal concept would launch on a SLS in the 2030s. It would perform either a fast Jupiter flyby ...

  3. Interstellar travel - Wikipedia

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    Interstellar travel is the hypothetical travel of spacecraft between star systems. Due to the vast distances between the Solar System and nearby stars, interstellar travel is not possible with current propulsion technologies. To reach stars within reasonable amount of time (decades or centuries), an interstellar spacecraft must reach a ...

  4. Outer space - Wikipedia

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    Interstellar space is the physical space outside of the bubbles of plasma known as astrospheres, formed by stellar winds originating from individual stars, or formed by solar wind emanating from the Sun. [131] It is the space between the stars or stellar systems within a nebula or galaxy. [132]

  5. New Horizons - Wikipedia

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    New Horizons is an interplanetary space probe launched as a part of NASA 's New Frontiers program. [5] Engineered by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) and the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), with a team led by Alan Stern, [6] the spacecraft was launched in 2006 with the primary mission to perform a flyby study ...

  6. ʻOumuamua - Wikipedia

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    The Space Launch System (also being looked at for "interstellar precursor missions") would be even more capable. [134] [135] Such an interstellar precursor could easily pass by ʻOumuamua on its way out of the Solar System, at speeds of 63 km/s (39 mi/s). [136] [137]

  7. Voyager 2 - Wikipedia

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    The probe entered the interstellar medium on November 5, 2018, at a distance of 119.7 AU (11.1 billion mi; 17.9 billion km) from the Sun [6] and moving at a velocity of 15.341 km/s (34,320 mph) [7] relative to the Sun. Voyager 2 has left the Sun's heliosphere and is traveling through the interstellar medium, though still inside the Solar System ...

  8. Heliosphere - Wikipedia

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    The heliopause is the final known boundary between the heliosphere and the interstellar space that is filled with material, especially plasma, not from the Earth's own star, the Sun, but from other stars. [46] Even so, just outside the heliosphere (i.e. the "solar bubble") there is a transitional region, as detected by Voyager 1. [47]

  9. Interstellar medium - Wikipedia

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    The interstellar medium (ISM) is the matter and radiation that exists in the space between the star systems in a galaxy. This matter includes gas in ionic, atomic, and molecular form, as well as dust and cosmic rays. It fills interstellar space and blends smoothly into the surrounding intergalactic space.

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