In November 2018, the Voyager 2 spacecraft crossed the boundary of the solar system and officially entered interstellar space. This legendary spacecraft was able to complete this journey by taking advantage of the "planetary alignment," using the gravitational pull of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune to perform multiple gravitational slingshots to gain enormous speed and ultimately escape the Sun's gravitational pull.
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In November 2018, the Voyager 2 spacecraft crossed the boundary of the solar system and officially entered interstellar space. This legendary spacecraft was able to complete this journey by taking advantage of the "planetary alignment," using the gravitational pull of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune to perform multiple gravitational slingshots to gain enormous speed and ultimately escape the Sun's gravitational pull.