A feat for humanity that even Trump can't stop.

An unbelievable feat for humanity. If all goes according to plan, even Trump can't stop it's trajectory. Voyager 1 will be 1 light day, approximately 16 billion miles away from Earth on November 15, 2026 — the equivalent of one light-day.

It will be that far out even if plans to continue monitoring it's signal, from Earth, run afoul of Trump's budget cuts or technical malfunctions ending the radio connection. The spacecraft will still be travelling out there.

I'm not hearing of any plans to stop monitoring it's signal to save a few cents, but other scientific research can be on the table. Whether it's radio will keep functioning another year is a question, but it seems to be hanging in there so far, in spite a some glitches along the way.

Even Trump can't reach out and stop the spacecraft, that was launched in 1977 hurtling out from the solar system.

Amazing that they still can pick up it's faint signal. It's still doing research, though most of the instruments, such as the camera, have been powered down due to less energy from it's plutonium batteries.