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The Voyager spacecraft with its large dish antenna in a test facility John Gregoire, NASA/JPL, public domain

Voyager 1 will be one light-day from Earth on 18 November: what that means

NASA's most distant spacecraft is about to sit so far away that a radio signal takes a full day to reach it, weeks after a brief loss of contact and a power-saving overhaul.

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    Voyager 1 will be one light-day from Earth on 18 November: what that means

    NASA's most distant spacecraft is about to sit so far away that a radio signal takes a full day to reach it, weeks after a brief loss of contact and a power-saving overhaul.