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Celebrate as Voyager 1 reaches 1 light-day from Earth! Here’s how
EarthSky · By Kelly Kizer Whitt ·
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- NASA announced public and media activities marking the moment Voyager 1 is one light-day from Earth.
- Voyager 1 was launched in 1977 and is expected to have traveled one light-day, more than 16 billion miles (25.9 billion kilometers), on Wednesday, Nov. 18.
- EarthSky reports the milestone is associated with the night of November 17–18, 2026.
Why it matters
The milestone gives a tangible measure of how far the most distant human-made object has travelled, and offers public events for following a long-running mission.
Who’s affected
- space enthusiasts and the general public
- science educators and journalists covering space exploration
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Artist’s concept of the redoubtable Voyager 1 spacecraft — most distant human-made object from Earth. Humanity launched it in 1977. It officially left our solar system in 2012 , becoming the first to exit the heliosphere , or sphere of our sun’s influence. NASA said that at…
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Celebrate as Voyager 1 reaches 1 light-day from Earth! Here’s how
Voyager 1 reaches one light-day from Earth