Now Voyager 1 is over 100 AU from the Sun. It was launched in 1977 and visited Jupiter and Saturn. Voyager 2 visited those and Uranus and Neptune. After the Saturn flyby, Voyager 1 left the plane of the solar system. From high above this plane in 1990, it was able to image some planets from billions of miles away. The line across Earth is light scattered from the optics because it was close to the Sun; it was worse for Mars, so it wasn't visible. Now it's even further away, with 100 AU being over 9 billion miles away. They didn't think it would be working so well for so long. The Voyagers should last until around 2020 before losing power.
Guardian
Heavens Above Table
The table shows the distances and other information for the spacecraft headed to interstellar space.
Solar Views
The last 3 pictures are the solar system family portrait frames and a diagram showing where the frames were.
Guardian
Heavens Above Table
The table shows the distances and other information for the spacecraft headed to interstellar space.
Solar Views
The last 3 pictures are the solar system family portrait frames and a diagram showing where the frames were.