NASA’s Voyager 1 left Earth in 1977; now its signal takes over 22 hours to reach us and it is still sending data
- Representational photo of VoyagerWhen NASA launched Voyager 1 in September 1977, it was expected to explore the outer planets before continuing its journey into deep space.
- Nearly 49 years later, the spacecraft is still continues to send information back to Earth from about 25 billion kilometres away, making it the most distant human-made object ever built.
- Voyager 1 is now more than 170 times farther from the Sun than Earth is.
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- Representational photo of VoyagerWhen NASA launched Voyager 1 in September 1977, it was expected to explore the outer planets before continuing its journey into deep space.
- Nearly 49 years later, the spacecraft is still continues to send information back to Earth from about 25 billion kilometres away, making it the most distant human-made object ever built.
- Voyager 1 is now more than 170 times farther from the Sun than Earth is.
Sources: Times of India