Voyager 1 launched in 1977 on a four-year mission and is still flying 49 years later, now so far away that in November 2026 a radio signal will take a full 24 hours to reach it — so when engineers say "good morning" on a Monday, the answer won't arrive until - 19FortyFive
Voyager 1 launched in 1977 on a four-year mission. In November 2026 it becomes the first machine a full light-day from Earth — a 24-hour signal each way — kept alive by a small JPL team switching off heaters and reviving thrusters left dead for 20 years.
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