Spacecraft escaping the Solar System This page shows the current positions and other interesting data of the five spacecraft which are leaving the Solar System on escape trajectories - our first emissaries to the stars. On this scale, the nearest star to the Sun would be approximately 100 meters away, and it would take Voyager 1 about 70,000 years to cover that distance. Pioneer 10 Pioneer 11 Voyager 2 Voyager 1 New Horizons Distance from Sun (AU) 126.966 105.363 125.008 150.584 48.392 Speed relative to Sun (km/s) 11.926 11.212 15.318 16.961 13.918 Speed relative to Sun (AU/year) 2.516 2.365 3.231 3.578 2.936 Ecliptic latitude 3° 14° -37° 35° 2° Declination 26° 0' -8° 53' -58° 36' 12° 11' -20° 33' Right ascension 5h 13m 18h 49m 19h 59m 17h 13m 19h 7m Constellation Taurus Scutum Pavo Ophiuchus Sagittarius Distance from Earth (AU) 126.660 105.264 124.840 150.878 48.233 One-way light time (hours) 17.56 14.59 17.30 20.91 6.69 Brightness of Sun from spacecraft (Magnitude) -16.2 -16.6 -16.2 -15.8 -18.3 Spacecraft still functioning? no no yes yes yes Launch date 1972-Mar-03 1973-Apr-06 1977-Aug-20 1977-Sep-05 2006-Jan-19 Follow @heavensabovecom