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Voyager 1 approaches a light-day from Earth

Original: What is a light-day? The milestone Voyager 1 is closing in on

NASA is highlighting that Voyager 1 is nearing the one light-day mark — the distance light travels in 24 hours. At roughly 25 billion kilometres away, the 1977-launched probe remains the farthest human-made object in space and continues transmitting data from interstellar space, nearly five decades after launch.

Why now: Voyager 1 closing in on a rare distance milestone draws attention to an almost 50-year mission still operating at the edge of the solar system

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