<P> Voyager 1 is a space probe launched by NASA on September 5 , 1977 . Part of the Voyager program to study the outer Solar System , Voyager 1 launched 16 days after its twin , Voyager 2 . Having operated for 40 years , 7 months and 4 days as of April 9 , 2018 , the spacecraft still communicates with the Deep Space Network to receive routine commands and return data . At a distance of 141 AU ( 2.11 × 10 km ) , approximately 21 billion kilometers ( 13 billion miles ) from the Sun as of January 2 , 2018 , it is the farthest spacecraft and man - made object from Earth . </P>
<P> Voyager 1 is a space probe launched by NASA on September 5 , 1977 . Part of the Voyager program to study the outer Solar System , Voyager 1 launched 16 days after its twin , Voyager 2 . Having operated for 40 years , 7 months and 4 days as of April 9 , 2018 , the spacecraft still communicates with the Deep Space Network to receive routine commands and return data . At a distance of 141 AU ( 2.11 × 10 km ) , approximately 21 billion kilometers ( 13 billion miles ) from the Sun as of January 2 , 2018 , it is the farthest spacecraft and man - made object from Earth . </P>
current distance that the voyager 1 spacecraft is from earth
current distance that the voyager 1 spacecraft is from earth
approximately 21 billion kilometers ( 13 billion miles ) from the Sun as of January 2 , 2018
approximately 21 billion kilometers ( 13 billion miles ) from the Sun as of January 2 , 2018