Voyager 1 crosses the termination shock at about 94 AU

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The spacecraft passed through the surface where the supersonic solar wind is abruptly slowed against the pressure of the interstellar medium, and entered the heliosheath. This was not the edge of the Sun's influence but the first of its boundaries; another eight years of travel lay between this crossing and the heliopause.

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Voyager 1 explores the termination shock region and the heliosheath beyond

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