NASA’s Voyager 1 closes in on a light-day in interstellar space for a new distance record
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NASA's Voyager 1 closes in on a light-day in interstellar space for a new distance record
NASA's Voyager 1 is about to become humanity's first object to reach one light-day from Earth. That's a mind-blowing distance of more than 16 billion miles.
The Voyager 1 spacecraft, launched by NASA 49 years ago, will soon reach another historic milestone. It will become the first human-made object to pass within one light-day of Earth, or more than 26 billion kilometers. This means its radio signal will take exactly 24 hours to reach our planet.
Voyager 1 and its twin ship, Voyager 2, were launched 49 years ago, exploring planets in the outer solar system before moving forward
The historic milestone of 26 billion kilometers is about to be reached by NASA's Voyager 1, 49 years after its launch on September 5, 1977... The article Voyager 1: Fifty years since its launch, it breaks down humanity's farthest journey was published in NewsIT.
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