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One Light-Day From Home
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This November, a spacecraft from 1977 will be one full light-day from Earth.
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Voyager 1 launched in September 1977. It has been flying away from us ever since.
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On November 18th, 2026, NASA expects it to reach about 25.9 billion kilometers away.
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At that distance, a radio signal traveling at the speed of light takes a full day to get there.
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Send a command on Monday morning, and the reply arrives Wednesday morning.
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It's the first human-made object ever to get that far. And it's still talking to us.
