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Where are Voyager 1 and 2 now?

The farthest things humans have ever built, and the solar system they left behind.

Voyager 1 reaches one light-day from Earth on 18 November 2026

Voyager 1

The farthest human-made object
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km from Earth, live
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Its journey

  1. Launched from EarthSep 1977
  2. Flew past JupiterMar 1979
  3. Flew past SaturnNov 1980
  4. Took the Pale Blue Dot photoFeb 1990
  5. Entered interstellar spaceAug 2012
  6. One light-day from EarthNov 2026

Voyager 2

The only craft to visit all four giant planets
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km from Earth, live
Signal takes–
In Earth–Sun distances–

Its journey

  1. Launched from EarthAug 1977
  2. Flew past JupiterJul 1979
  3. Flew past SaturnAug 1981
  4. Flew past UranusJan 1986
  5. Flew past NeptuneAug 1989
  6. Entered interstellar spaceNov 2018

Planets are in their real positions around the Sun. Tap one. Spacing and sizes are not to scale.

EarthOur home
NASA 3D model of the Voyager spacecraft, with its large white dish and long boom

They carry a golden record

Each Voyager has a gold-plated record with sounds and pictures of life on Earth, and greetings in many languages, in case anyone ever finds it.