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NASA's[1][2] Voyager 1 mission page states that on Aug. 25, 2012 the spacecraft became the first to exit the heliosphere, and English Wikipedia[3][4] and its Heliosphere article both give 25 August 2012; NASA's 12 Sept 2013 release says the date was worked out afterwards, from plasma oscillations, as August 2012.On 25 August 2012 NASA's Voyager 1 crossed the heliopause about 121 AU from the Sun, the first human-made object to reach interstellar space; NASA confirmed it on 12 September 2013.
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