Voyager 1, which has been noted for a few years seemed to be passing through the heliosphere and about to pass into interstellar space (mentioned on this blog in 2012 and 2010), has now been confirmed to have passed the heliopause about August 25, 2012. It’s now out there. We (humanity, Americans, aerospace engineers, etc.) can now say with honesty and hopefully some pride “We built a starship.”