September 16 Current Events

     Voyager 1 along with its twin Voyager 2 were launched in 1977 but they were launched 16 days apart so Voyager 1 is lot father away than its twin. Voyager 1 is about 18.8 billion kilometers from the Earth while its twin is only about 15.3 billion kilometers from the Earth. Voyager 1 is credited as being the first man made probe to leave the solar system. Although to actually leave the solar system it would need to pass all the distant comets that orbit the sun which NASA says would take another 30,000 years. Voyager is currently traveling at a speed of about 38,000 miles per hour but in that giant sea of stars it still takes some time to travel a distance of that magnitude.