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Limits RegistryNASA's Voyager 1 probe, launched September 5, 1977, is the most distant human-made object ever, at approximately 171 AU (about 25.6 billion km) from Earth as of August 2026 and still transmitting data from interstellar space, which it entered in 2012. Its twin, Voyager 2, remains the second-farthest, having taken a different trajectory.
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NASA's Voyager 1 probe, launched September 5, 1977, is the most distant human-made object ever, at approximately 171 AU (about 25.6 billion km) from Earth as of August 2026 and still transmitting data from interstellar space, which it entered in 2012. Its twin, Voyager 2, remains the second-farthest, having taken a different trajectory.
The greatest distance from Earth reached by any human-made object, as continuously tracked by NASA's Deep Space Network. This value increases daily — Voyager 1 remains active and continues moving outward at roughly 3.6 AU per year.
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Limits Registry. LR-VOYAGER-1-DISTANCE. Farthest human-made object from Earth. 2026.