Pioneer 10, 11, and the Voyager spacecraft are on trajectories leading out of the solar system.
Multiple studies document that Pioneer 10, Pioneer 11, and the Voyager spacecraft have traveled past the outer boundaries of the solar system into interstellar space.
Papers such as [4] and [7] explicitly discuss the outbound trajectories and interstellar crossings of the Pioneer (10 and 11) and Voyager spacecraft. The evidence overwhelmingly supports the claim.
Konstantinos Dialynas, Stamatios M. Krimigis, Robert B. Decker, Donald G. Mitchell. Plasma Pressures in the Heliosheath From Cassini ENA and Voyager 2 Measurements: Validation by the Voyager 2 Heliopause Crossing. 2019. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019gl083924
Discusses Voyager 2's crossing of the heliopause into interstellar space, confirming its outbound trajectory.
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Richardson JD, Burlaga LF, Elliott H, Kurth WS, Liu YD, von Steiger R. Observations of the Outer Heliosphere, Heliosheath, and Interstellar Medium.. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-022-00899-y
Notes that the Voyager spacecraft have left the heliosphere and entered the interstellar medium.
Stephen A. Fuselier, Steven M. Petrinec, Monica G. Bobra, Iver H. Cairns. Reconnection at the Heliopause: Comparing the Voyager 1 and 2 Heliopause Crossings. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1620/1/012004
Examines boundary layers and crossings of the heliopause by both Voyager 1 and Voyager 2.
Louis K. Scheffer. A Conventional Physics Explanation for the Anomalous Acceleration of Pioneer 10/11. 2001
Analyzes the flight trajectories and acceleration of Pioneer 10 and 11 heading outward through the solar system.
Mostafavi P, Burlaga LF, Cairns IH, Fuselier SA, Fraternale F, Gurnett DA, Kim TK, Kurth WS, Pogorelov NV, Provornikova E, Richardson JD, Turner DL, Zank GP. Shocks in the Very Local Interstellar Medium.. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-022-00893-4
Reviews the historic crossings and ongoing sampling of the very local interstellar medium by the Voyager spacecraft.
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