The Titan-Centaur rocket launch that carrier Voyager 2 into space.

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1. Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 20-Aug-2023 17:20:54 UTC Robert McNees

   The Voyager 2 spacecraft launched #OTD in 1977.

   It is currently 12.4 billion miles from Earth, hurtling through interstellar space at about 34,400 mph with respect to the sun.

   Voyager 2 is so far from Earth that round trip for signals is 36.5 hours.

   Only its twin Voyager 1 (which launched a few weeks later, but took a more direct route out of the solar system) is further.

   Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech