Voyager 1 Nears One Light-Day from the Sun, 49 Years After Launch
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The same story at six levels
How the first sentence reads at every level, from A1 to C2.
- A1
Voyager 1 is a space machine from 1977.
- A2
Voyager 1 is a space machine from 1977.
- B1
On 18 November 2026, the Voyager 1 spacecraft is expected to be one light-day from the Sun.
- B2
On 18 November 2026, 49 years after launching, the Voyager 1 spacecraft is expected to reach a distance of one light-day from the Sun.
- C1
Forty-nine years after launching, the Voyager 1 spacecraft is expected on 18 November 2026 to reach a distance of one light-day—16.1 billion miles—from the Sun.
- C2
Forty-nine years after leaving Earth in 1977, the Voyager 1 spacecraft is expected on 18 November 2026 to reach a distance of one light-day—16.1 billion miles—from the Sun.
Key words
Words from the B1 text, with their meaning.
- spacecraft
- a vehicle that travels in space
- launch
- to send a vehicle into space or the sky
- track
- to follow the movement or position of something
- probe
- a small spacecraft with no people inside that collects information
- alignment
- an arrangement in which things are in a straight line or correct position
- observe
- to watch something carefully to learn more about it
Rewritten with AI from facts reported by NASA. Read the original for the full report.