AMAZING THAT IT STILL WORKS AT ALL: Engineers inexplicably lose contact with Voyager-1 for 24 hours.

As Voyager-1 is speeding away from the solar system at about 38,000 miles per hour, its distance from Earth continues to grow. On November 18, 2026 it will finally be far enough away that it will take 24 hours for a radio signal to get to or from it, the equivalent of one light day, equivalent to 16.09 billion miles, or about four times farther from the Sun than Pluto.

It is expected that the spacecraft’s nuclear power supply will finally run out in about a year or two. The goal right now is to keep it alive until September 5, 2027, the 50th anniversary of its launch.

Incredible.