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As of 2013, the probe was moving with a relative velocity to the Sun of about 61,197 kilometres per hour (38,026 mph). [ 51 ] With the velocity the probe is currently maintaining, Voyager 1 is traveling about 523 million km (325 million mi) per year, [ 52 ] or about one light-year per 18,000 years.
After Saturn, Voyager 1 headed north out of the ecliptic plane at a speed of about 3.5 AU per year. Because of the specific requirements for the Titan flyby, the spacecraft was not directed to Uranus and Neptune .
Both Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 have reached interstellar space and each continue their unique journey deeper into the cosmos.
Voyager 1's first pictures of Jupiter beamed back to Earth in April 1978, when the probe was 165 million miles (266 million kilometers) from home. Did you know?
This is a real-time indicator of Voyager 1's distance from Earth in astronomical units (AU) and either miles (mi) or kilometers (km). Note: Because Earth moves around the sun faster than Voyager 1 is speeding away from the inner solar system, the distance between Earth and the spacecraft actually decreases at certain times of year.
Voyager 1 is escaping the solar system at a speed of about 3.6 AU per year. Voyager 2 is escaping the solar system at a speed of about 3.3 AU per year. Explore.
Interactive 3D model of Voyager 1. View the full interactive experience at Eyes on the Solar System. Launch and mission summary for NASA's Voyager 1 mission to Jupiter, Saturn and beyond.
On Feb. 17, Voyager 1 will be 10.4 billion kilometers (6.5 billion miles) from Earth and is departing the Solar System at a speed of 17.4 kilometers per second (39,000 miles per hour).
Traveling at a speed of about one million miles per day, Voyager 1 could cross into interstellar space within the next 10 years. "Interstellar space is filled with material ejected by explosions of nearby stars," Stone said. "Voyager 1 will be the first human-made object to cross into it."
NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is fully operational for the first time since November 2023, with all four science instruments returning usable data to Earth.