Humanity's Farthest Reach

Launched September 5, 1977 | Mission: Active
Now traveling through interstellar space

◆ NASA Voyager Program — Mission Elapsed: 48 yrs, 184 days

■ Current Distance from Earth

16,019,534,044MI

Distance in Kilometers

25,780,948,972

kilometers

Astronomical Units

172.3350

1 AU = 93 million miles

Light-Travel Time

23.89 hrs

hours for signal to reach Earth

■ Velocity Data

Speed — Miles per Hour

38,027

mph

Speed — Kilometers per Hour

61,200

km / h

    ▼ Speed slowly decreasing — solar gravity still acts at this distance
  

■ Mission Milestones

✓ Sept 5, 1977 Launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida

✓ March 5, 1979 Jupiter flyby — closest approach at 349,000 km

✓ Nov 12, 1980 Saturn flyby — closest approach, Titan study

✓ Feb 14, 1990 "Pale Blue Dot" photograph of Earth taken at 6 billion km

✓ Feb 17, 1998 Overtook Pioneer 10 as most distant human-made object

✓ Aug 25, 2012 Entered interstellar space — crossed the heliopause

▶ Now Deep interstellar space — the farthest object ever built by man

○ Nov 2026 Projected to reach 1 light-day from Earth

○ Year ~40,000 Will pass within 1.7 light-years of star AC+79 3888

Deep Tracking Data Available

Full ephemeris • Sky charts • 3D orbit visualization • Real-time coordinates