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Interstellar Probe

A concept for a purpose-built successor to the Voyagers — a spacecraft designed from the start to reach deep interstellar space and study the boundary between the Sun's influence and the galaxy beyond.

Outer Solar System NASA

Highlights

›A purpose-built successor to the Voyagers

Mission goals

›Travel deliberately far beyond the heliosphere into the local interstellar medium
›Study the boundary of the Sun's bubble from outside

Technology

A fast-cruise spacecraft designed for a multi-decade mission to very large distances.

Status & uncertainties

A study concept, not a funded mission; would require a decades-long commitment.

Knowledge connections

Member of groupOuter Solar System
Associated withNASA

Sources

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NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
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