:00:07. > :00:34.September, you've been telling us or putting the first man on the
:00:34. > :00:43.spacecraft has become the first solar system. This is Big News.
:00:43. > :00:59.carrying humanity's message out 1977. So the launch of Voyager
:00:59. > :01:01.carrying humanity's message out spaceship about the size and weight
:01:01. > :01:07.of a small car. Flung from the atmosphere to explore the Solar
:01:07. > :01:12.System and to send back pictures of millions of miles away. It is never
:01:12. > :01:19.The lonely robot, equipped with millions of miles away. It is never
:01:19. > :01:28.computer with 240,000 times less memory than an iPhone is about
:01:28. > :01:31.computer with 240,000 times less passed Jupiter, discovering three
:01:31. > :01:37.new moons and finding that the gas giant had a ring of dust around
:01:37. > :01:42.new moons and finding that the gas It whizzed past Saturn and Neptune,
:01:42. > :01:44.flying past Pluto's orbit. NASA confirmed it has left the Solar
:01:44. > :01:49.System, the only man-made thing confirmed it has left the Solar
:01:49. > :01:54.This is like circumnavigating the globe for the first time or having a
:01:54. > :02:04.footprint on the Moon. This is the first time we have begun to explore
:02:04. > :02:10.So, just how far is 12 billion miles? To go that far, if driving in
:02:10. > :02:19.a car. It would take more than information back to Earth, even
:02:19. > :02:22.a car. It would take more than hours. It has sent back amazing
:02:22. > :02:24.images, pictures of Jupiter's red spot, to this incredible pick of
:02:24. > :02:29.Earth. A speck. Voyager has not spot, to this incredible pick of
:02:29. > :02:39.to live. It is too far from the spot, to this incredible pick of
:02:39. > :03:03.a golden disc, filled with animal spot, to this incredible pick of
:03:03. > :03:06.Tim, can you help us get a sense of just how far away Voyager is now?
:03:06. > :03:13.to scale but if this basketball just how far away Voyager is now?
:03:13. > :03:15.the Sun and this tennis ball is just how far away Voyager is now?
:03:15. > :03:25.Earth, 5cm apart, that's 92 million miles - then Voyager is way over the
:03:25. > :03:32.other side of the studio. What are McDonald and very empty. Much less
:03:32. > :03:38.stuff out there than there is in the How significant is this for the
:03:38. > :03:43.human ration? I think it is very significant. In the future, I hope,
:03:44. > :03:47.between the planets. We may even travel between the stars. This is
:03:47. > :03:49.the first object that we have built that has started the journey. It has
:03:49. > :03:53.taken the first step beyond the that has started the journey. It has
:03:53. > :04:00.into the space that exists between The mission was meant to last three
:04:00. > :04:07.years? It was. 36 years it has been travelling. It started work in the
:04:07. > :04:17.1980s, it is still carrying on the Check out our clip on the website.
:04:17. > :04:21.It is worth a watch. Time for some other news. This morning we told you
:04:21. > :04:27.about a man trying to become the first man ever to cross the Atlantic
:04:27. > :04:33.ocean, using a bunch of helium balloons, a bit like in the film Up!
:04:33. > :04:41.Despite having 370 balloons to lift him, Jonathan Trappe had to stop the
:04:42. > :04:46.problems, but next, ever heard of paraskevydeckatryaphobia? It is
:04:46. > :04:50.problems, but next, ever heard of fear of Friday the 13th. Some reckon
:04:50. > :04:56.that today is unlucky but rumour has it that using a word can help to
:04:56. > :05:00.stop that phobia. All together now, paraskevydeckatryaphobia! Enough of
:05:00. > :05:02.that. Here is what you have been saying about Friday the 13th. Beryl