Alon
Hamzani

Right now, from the launch pad to interstellar space

Ordered by distance. The time beside each place is how long light takes to cross that distance.

1. Next launch

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   Reading the launch schedule

2. Low Earth orbit

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   International Space Station, above the surface

   Speed

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   Over

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   Light

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   One orbit

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   People in space

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3. The Sun

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   Solar wind, measured 1.5 million km upstream of Earth

   24 h agonow

   Density

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   Geomagnetic

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   X-ray flux

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4. Interstellar space

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   Voyager 1, in flight since 5 September 1977

   Each dot is one light-hour

   One light-day in

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   From the Sun

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   Signal round trip

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