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Related: About this forumVOYAGER 1 LEADS PACK OF WORLD'S MOST DISTANT SPACECRAFT
Aug 18, 7:51 AM EDT
BY MARCIA DUNN
AP AEROSPACE WRITER
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- NASA's Voyager 1 has traveled farther from Earth than any other spacecraft. It's a mind-boggling 12.9 billion miles away, 40 years after its launch.
A list of the world's most distant spacecraft, according to NASA. All flew from Cape Canaveral.
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1. Voyager 1 at 12.9 billion miles distant. Launched Sept. 5, 1977. Only spacecraft to reach interstellar space.
2. Pioneer 10 no longer communicating at an estimated at 11.1 billion miles distant. Launched in 1972.
More:
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SCI_VOYAGER_FARTHEST_SPACECRAFT_CAOL-?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2017-08-18-07-51-49
PJMcK
(22,048 posts)However, the science and knowledge these spacecraft have delivered far surpasses their costs.
Keep up the great work, NASA.
Thanks for the link, Judi Lynn! Enjoy your weekend.
unc70
(6,120 posts)NASA is still communicating with Voyager I and II
getting old in mke
(813 posts)is that 12.9 bln miles only equals 0.0022 of a light year...With the nearest stars about 4 ly away, another 79,960 years should do it. Not that they're pointed that way.
hunter
(38,327 posts)The sun is about 8 minutes and 20 seconds away.