BSA Troop 110, Lexington, KY

08/11/2026

Good evening from Troop 110! Sharing on our public page to reach their scouting friends in Crew and OA.

07/25/2026

By November this year, saying hello to a machine we built back in the 1970s will take a full day just to arrive.

NASA has now calculated the exact moment. On November 18, 2026, at 2:16 AM Pacific time, Voyager 1 will reach one light-day from Earth, a distance of about 16.1 billion miles. A light-day is simply how far light travels in 24 hours, so once Voyager crosses that line, any radio signal sent from Earth needs a full day just to reach it, even moving at the fastest speed anything can travel.

Voyager 1 launched in September 1977 and has been cruising at roughly 38,000 miles per hour nonstop since its flyby of Saturn in 1980, with nobody ever slowing it down or speeding it up. What that means practically is strange to sit with. If mission control sends a command the moment it crosses this threshold, Voyager won't receive it until a full day later, and if it manages to send anything back, that reply takes another full day to reach us. A round trip conversation with our own spacecraft becomes a two day wait.

Worth clarifying one thing this milestone doesn't mean. Voyager 1 already left the solar system's boundary back in 2012, when it crossed the heliopause, the edge of the Sun's influence, and became the first spacecraft in interstellar space. This new milestone is purely about distance and communication delay, not some new border being crossed. Also worth noting, images like this one are artist renderings, since nothing could actually photograph Voyager from Earth at this range, and the spacecraft's own cameras were shut off decades ago to save power.

Does it put the scale of space in perspective, knowing even light needs a full day to catch up to something we built in your grandparents' era?

12/25/2025

DEC 24: in 1947, Neil Armstrong earned his Eagle Scout rank as a member of his local troop in Wapakoneta, Ohio. Armstrong was at Purdue University at the time and returned home for winter break to receive the award.

Armstrong later received his Distinguished Eagle Scout in 1973, the first year he was eligible for nomination.

12/25/2025

A Merry Christmas to all! Be safe and enjoy this time with friends and family.

11/20/2025

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🎉 Celebrate Kawida Lodge at the 2025 Winter Banquet! 🎉

It’s time to wrap up another incredible year of service and fellowship in Kawida Lodge! Join us on Saturday, December 6 at Stamler Dining Hall, Camp McKee for an evening filled with celebration, awards, fellowship, and the induction of our 2026 lodge officers and Vigil Honor candidates.

🕓 Gathering begins: 4:30 PM
🍽️ Cost: $25 per person
📍 Location: Stamler Dining Hall, Camp McKee
🎟️ Register by: December 3 at 10:00 PM

Enjoy a great meal, silent auction, and new items in the Trading Post—all while celebrating our lodge’s accomplishments and the amazing Arrowmen who made 2025 a success.

👉 Register now: https://mycouncil.bgcscouting.org/Event/163/Register