Voyager 1 is a space probe launched by NASA on September 5, 1977. Part of the Voyager program to study the outer Solar System, Voyager 1launched 16 days after its twin, Voyager 2. Having operated for 40 years, 1 month and 22 days as of October 27, 2017, the spacecraft still communicates with the Deep Space Network to receive routine commands and return data. At a distance of 140 AU (2.09×1010 km) from the Sun as of September 22, 2017, it is the farthest spacecraft from Earth as well as the farthest man-made object. It is also the most distant object in the solar system whose location is known, even farther than Eris (96 AU) and V774104 (~103 AU).
Jupiter from Voyager 1
These pictures were taken every 10 hours over 28 days in 1979 by Voyager 1. Each frame shows Jupiter at the same local time with the Great Red Spot appearing stationary within its cloud belt while clouds move right to left past it; other cloud belts move left to right. The small, round, dark spots appearing in some frames are the shadows cast by the moons passing between Jupiter and the Sun, while the small, white flashes around the planet, are the moons themselves.