# NASA asks Earthlings to wave as Voyager 1 reaches a light-day away

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/nasa-asks-earthlings-to-wave-as-voyager-1-reaches-a-light-day-away/
- Published: 2026-11-11T14:13:20+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-11T15:20:56+00:00
- Original publisher: The Register
- Original article: https://www.theregister.com/offbeat/2026/11/11/nasa-asks-earthlings-to-wave-as-voyager-1-reaches-a-light-day-away/5309127
- Topics: Space, Technology

## Key points

- Voyager 1 reaches one light-day from Earth on 18 November.
- NASA invites people to flash “VGR” in Morse code.
- The probe’s cameras cannot see the symbolic display.

## Summary

Voyager 1 is set to become the first human-made object to travel one light-day from Earth, a milestone NASA plans to mark with a public light display. The event highlights the probe’s remarkable longevity and its status as the most distant human-made object.

NASA expects the crossing at 10:16:07 UTC on 18 November, when Voyager 1 will be about 16.1 billion miles (25.9 billion kilometres) away. People are invited to flash “VGR” in Morse code after sunset on 17 November, using a torch or NASA’s website; Voyager cannot see the display, as its cameras were switched off decades ago. Its sibling Voyager 2 is not expected to reach the milestone for another nine years.

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