49 yrs of travel: Voyager 1 races toward first Light-Day milestone!
Light Day is the distance covered by light in a day Voyager has a velocity of 17km per second
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Voyager 1 to reach one light-day from Earth by November 2026
Around 13 November in 2026, Voyager 1 will be one light-day from Earth. A light-day is the distance light travels in a vacuum in 24 hours.
skyatnightmagazine.com·1mo ago
Voyager 1 to Reach One Light-Day Distance from Earth by November 2026
After nearly 50 years in space, NASA’s Voyager 1 is about to hit a historic milestone. By November 15, 2026, it will be 16.1 billion miles (
scienceclock.com·7mo ago
Voyager 1 to reach 1 light-day from Earth on November 18, 2026
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earthsky.org·20d ago
On November 18, 2026, Voyager 1 becomes the first thing humanity has ever built to sit a full light-day away — a full day for any signal to reach it.
On November 18, 2026, Voyager 1 will cross a milestone no machine has ever reached: it will sit a full light-day from Earth. From that dista
Voyager 1 will reach a new milestone in November 2026: it will be so far from Earth that a radio signal travelling at the speed of light will take a full 24 hours to reach it — a distance humanity’s most distant spacecraft crossed in just over 49 years of
In November 2026, Voyager 1 will cross a boundary that is not marked by dust, plasma, gravity or any visible edge. It will become a spacecra
Voyager 1 will reach a new milestone in November 2026: it will be so far from Earth that a radio signal travelling at the speed of light will take a full 24 hours to reach it — a distance humanity’s most distant spacecraft crossed in just over 49 years of
In November 2026, Voyager 1 will cross a boundary that is not marked by dust, plasma, gravity or any visible edge. It will become a spacecra
Voyager 1 marks 48 years in space as power-saving measures begin
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theregister.com·10mo ago
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