NASA Plans 2 Events as Voyager 1 Reaches 1 Light-Day, 16 Billion Miles Away
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Updated · NASA · Nov 10
NASA Plans 2 Events as Voyager 1 Reaches 1 Light-Day, 16 Billion Miles Away
3 articles · Updated · NASA · Nov 10
Summary
Nov. 18 marks Voyager 1 reaching one light-day from Earth—more than 16 billion miles away—prompting NASA to stage public and media events around the milestone.
Nov. 17 features the global “Shine Bright for Voyager’s Light-Day” campaign, with phones and tablets flashing Voyager’s call sign “VGR” in Morse code after sunset.
Nov. 19 brings a Jet Propulsion Laboratory discussion on Voyager 1 and 2, covering their interstellar science, the engineering challenge of operating them across vast distances, and a Q&A.
2027 will add a NASA+ documentary for the mission’s 50th anniversary, extending attention on probes launched in 1977 that entered interstellar space in 2012 and 2018.