Kusukela embhalweni onikeziwe, khipha usuku lokukhishwa kanye nebanga elikhona manje ukusuka eMhlabeni ngamakhilomitha e-Voyager 1.
Context:I-Voyager 1 iyinhlolovo yesikhala eyethulwa yi-NASA ngo-September 5, 1977, njengengxenye yohlelo lwe-Voyager lokufunda i-Solar System yangaphandle kanye nendawo ephakathi kwezinkanyezi ngaphesheya kwe-heliosphere yeLanga. Yethulwe ezinsukwini ezingu-16 ngemva kwewele layo i-Voyager 2, i-Voyager 1 ibisebenza iminyaka engu-45, izinyanga eziyisithupha nezinsuku ezingu-30 kusukela ngo-April 5, 2023 UTC [ukuvuselela]. Ixhumana nge-Deep Space Network ye-NASA ukuze ithole imiyalo evamile futhi idlulisele idatha eMhlabeni. I-NASA ne-JPL banikeza idatha yesikhathi sangempela mayelana nebanga nesivinini. Ekude nge-159.20 AU (23.816 billion km; 14.799 billion mi) ukusuka eMhlabeni kusukela ngoMashi 27, 2023, kuyinto ekude kakhulu eyenziwe ngumuntu evela eMhlabeni.
Umkhumbi-mkhathi i-Voyager 1 wethulwa yi-NASA ngo-September 5, 1977. Kusukela ngo-March 27, 2023 i-Voyager 1 isendaweni engamamayela ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-14,799 ukusuka eMhlabeni.