Voyager 1 and 2

The twin Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft are exploring where nothing from Earth has flown before. Continuing on their over-45-year journey since their 1977 launches, they each are much farther away from Earth and the Sun than Pluto.

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Meet Voyagers 1 and 2

The primary mission was the exploration of Jupiter and Saturn. After making a string of discoveries there — such as active volcanoes on Jupiter's moon Io and intricacies of Saturn's rings — the mission was extended. Voyager 2 went on to explore Uranus and Neptune, and is still the only spacecraft to have visited those outer planets. The adventurers' current mission, the Voyager Interstellar Mission (VIM), will explore the outermost edge of the Sun's domain. And beyond.

Mission Type

Interstellar Mission

Partners

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Launch

Aug. 20 and Sept. 5 1977

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Voyager 2: Interstellar Space

Voyager News

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NASA’s Voyager Team Focuses on Software Patch, Thrusters

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NASA Mission Update: Voyager 2 Communications Pause

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NASA’s Voyager Will Do More Science With New Power Strategy

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NASA Missions Study What May Be a 1-In-10,000-Year Gamma-ray Burst

NASA’s Voyager 2 Probe Enters Interstellar Space

For the second time in history, a human-made object has reached the space between the stars. NASA’s Voyager 2 probe now has exited the heliosphere – the protective bubble of particles and magnetic fields created by the Sun.

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