Editing Voyager 1 (section)

=== Far future ===
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File:VoyagerOne Aug 2 2018.png|A simulated view of ''Voyager 1'' relative to the Solar System on August 2, 2018.
File:Voyagerprobes Aug 2 2018.png|A simulated view of the Voyager probes relative to the Solar System and heliopause on August 2, 2018.
File:NearSunStarsSimple.jpg|In about 50,000 years ''Voyager 1'' will be as distant as several nearby stars
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Provided ''Voyager 1'' does not collide with anything and is not retrieved, the ''[[New Horizons]]'' space probe will never pass it, despite being launched from Earth at a higher speed than either Voyager spacecraft. The Voyager spacecraft benefited from multiple planetary flybys to increase its heliocentric velocities, whereas ''New Horizons'' received only a single such boost, from its Jupiter flyby in 2007. {{As of|2018}}, ''New Horizons'' is traveling at about {{Convert|14|km/s|mi/s|abbr=unit}}, {{Convert|3|km/s|mi/s|abbr=unit}} slower than ''Voyager 1'', and New Horizons, being closer to the sun, is slowing more rapidly.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 17, 2006 |title=New Horizons Salutes Voyager |url=http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/news_center/news/081706.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113224847/http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/news_center/news/081706.php |archive-date=November 13, 2014 |access-date=November 3, 2009 |publisher=New Horizons}}</ref>

''Voyager 1'' is expected to reach the theorized Oort cloud in about 300 years<ref>{{Cite web |title=Catalog Page for PIA17046 |url=https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA17046 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612114300/https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA17046 |archive-date=June 12, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2014 |website=Photo Journal |publisher=NASA}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=September 12, 2013 |title=It's Official: Voyager 1 Is Now In Interstellar Space |url=https://www.universetoday.com/104717/its-official-voyager-1-is-now-in-interstellar-space/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230182842/https://www.universetoday.com/104717/its-official-voyager-1-is-now-in-interstellar-space/ |archive-date=December 30, 2019 |access-date=April 27, 2014 |website=UniverseToday}}</ref> and take about 30,000 years to pass through it.<ref name="ghose-2013" /><ref name="cook-2013b" /> Though it is not heading towards any particular star, in about 40,000 years, it will pass within {{Convert|1.6|ly|pc|lk=on|abbr=off}} of the star [[Gliese 445]], which is at present in the constellation [[Camelopardalis]] and 17.1 light-years from Earth.<ref name="nasa-2010" /> That star is generally moving towards the Solar System at about {{convert|119|km/s|km/h mph|abbr=on}}.<ref name="nasa-2010">{{Cite web |date=August 9, 2010 |title=Voyager – Mission – Interstellar Mission |url=https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/interstellar.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120514175011/http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/interstellar.html |archive-date=May 14, 2012 |access-date=March 17, 2011 |publisher=NASA}}</ref> NASA says that "The Voyagers are destined{{snd}}perhaps eternally{{snd}}to wander the Milky Way."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Future |url=https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/interstellar.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120514175011/http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/interstellar.html |archive-date=May 14, 2012 |access-date=October 13, 2013 |publisher=NASA}}</ref> In 300,000 years, it will pass within less than 1 light-year of the M3V star TYC 3135–52–1.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Bailer-Jones |first1=Coryn A.L. |last2=Farnocchia |first2=Davide |date=April 3, 2019 |title=Future stellar flybys of the Voyager and Pioneer spacecraft |journal=Research Notes of the AAS |volume=3 |issue=4 |page=59 |arxiv=1912.03503 |bibcode=2019RNAAS...3...59B |doi=10.3847/2515-5172/ab158e |s2cid=134524048 |doi-access=free}}</ref>