Breadcrumb Home Exiting the solar system and fulfilling a dream Friday, September 13, 2013 Indianapolis Recorder http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/13/science/in-a-breathtaking-first-nasa-craft-ex… On Thursday, scientists declared that Voyager I had become the first probe to exit the solar system, a breathtaking achievement that NASA could only fantasize about back when it was launched in 1977.