“Voyager 1: Still Flying After 48 Years, But Where To Voyager 1, launched in 1977, is now the farthest human-made obiect from Earth, drifting through interstellar space at nearly 17 km/s (38,000 mph). In 48 years, it has traveled about 22 light-hours away - yet that’s still just a tiny step compared to the vastness of the universe. Scientists estimate it will take 30,000 years for Voyager 1 to finally cross the outer edge of the Oort Cloud, which some define as the true boundary of our solar sys