On November 18, 2026, Voyager 1, Launched in 1977, will achieve a very unique space milestone: surpassing 1 light-day of distance from the Earth (25.9 billion kilometers). No other man-made object has ever attained this achievement.
The patch shows Voyager passing out of the Solar System after it's encounter with Saturn. In the background of the patch is the infamous photo of Earth that was championed by asrtronomer/philosopher Carl Sagan, as made famous by his quote about the Pale Blue Dot:
"Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives... on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam."
The sunbeam is shown and the position of the Pale Blue Dot is right where the Earth is in its orbit around the Sun.
Carl Sagan also referred to Earth as being the shore of a vast "cosmic ocean", and Voyager 1 is our emissary on that journey.
The patch is 3" tall and features dye-sublimation and embroidery.
Delivery is expected the third week of October 2026.
