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Message: <blockquote data-quote="imhotep" data-source="post: 30945866" data-attributes="member: 562115">This week marks 48 years since the Sept. 5, 1977, launch of NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft from Cape Canaveral, Florida, to study Jupiter and Saturn up close. Nearly a half-century later, Voyager 1 and its twin, Voyager 2 are still exploring. Only now they're in the outer reaches of our solar system.The distance of Voyager 1 from Earth is currently 25,146,681,613.7 kilometers, equivalent to 168.0951840829 Astronomical Units. Light takes 23h 18m 0.301s to travel from Voyager 1 and arrive to us.The distance of Voyager 2 from Earth is currently 20,979,960,301.8 kilometers, equivalent to 140.2423724590 Astronomical Units. Light takes 19h 26m 21.615s to travel from Voyager 2 and arrive to us.Voyager 1 was launched two weeks after its twin, Voyager 2.</blockquote>

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