GoKawiilVoyager 1 to become first human object one light-day from Earth on Nov. 18, 2026
NASA says Voyager 1, launched in 1977, will reach a distance of one light-day from Earth—about 16 billion miles—at 5:16:07 a.m. EST on Nov. 18, 2026. Its twin, Voyager 2, which took a different trajectory past Uranus and Neptune, is expected to reach the same milestone in November 2035.