A spacecraft no larger than a small car, launched the year Star Wars came out, is still moving outward at 38,000 miles per hour far beyond the orbit of Pluto — and the radio signals it sends home, traveling at the speed of light, now take more than 23 hou
📍 How it ended
Voyager 1, launched in 1977, continued to travel outward at roughly 38,000 mph beyond Pluto and remained in communication with Earth, with its radio signals now taking more than 23 hours to arrive. In November 2026 it was set to break a cosmic record by reaching one light‑day from Earth, although it had not yet reached a full light‑year.
The probe stayed operational as coverage quieted.
Epilogue added 17d ago, after coverage quieted.
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