On Sept. 5, 1977, Voyager 1 began its epic journey through deep space with a glorious morning launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Voyager 1 initially launched on a mission to explore the outer ...
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New record! Voyager 1 breaks the cosmic barrier

Voyager 1 is about to cross a mind-bending milestone: by late 2026, a simple radio “hello” will take a full day to reach it.
Robotic space probe Voyager 1, the most distant object ever sent from Earth, will reach one light day away from Earth next year, a feat that has taken almost half a century to achieve.
On September 5, 1977, NASA launched the Voyager 1 probe into space with the aim of studying the outer planets. Voyager 1 launched a couple of weeks after Voyager 2, and both probes have flown to the ...
As it heads out of the solar system never to return, the deep space probe Voyager 1 is headed for yet another cosmic milestone. In late 2026, it will become the first spacecraft to travel so far that ...
After five months of silence, NASA’s Voyager 1 is once again transmitting data from the edge of interstellar space. In an official update published by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) on April ...
Voyager 1 is one of humanity's greatest achievements in space travel. This spacecraft was launched by NASA in September 1977 on a one-way trip to the outer reaches of our solar system. Originally, it ...
Voyager 1, launched in 1977, has traveled farther than any spacecraft in human history. After more than four decades of silent endurance through space, it now sails beyond the orbit of the outer ...
In 2026, Voyager 1, humanity's farthest reaching Energizer Bunny of a probe, will travel toward an almost comprehensible benchmark: being a full light-day away from Earth. According to NASA's data, ...
John Casani (sitting) with colleagues and a scale model of the Voyager spacecraft: Voyager 1 is still sending back data some 15.5 billion miles from Earth - NASA/JPL-Caltech John Casani, who has died ...
It was a threshold crossed in the deepest reaches of space: A spacecraft launched from Earth has now entered new and unexplored territory that may or may not be outside our solar system. A press ...