Where Are They Now? - NASA Science
WEBBoth Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 have reached "interstellar space" and each continue their unique journey deeper into the cosmos. In NASA's Eyes on the Solar System app, you can see the actual spacecraft trajectories of the Voyagers updated every five minutes.
Mission Overview - NASA Science
WEBThe twin spacecraft Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 were launched by NASA in separate months in the summer of 1977 from Cape Canaveral, Florida. As originally designed, the Voyagers were to conduct closeup studies of Jupiter and Saturn, Saturn's rings, and the larger moons of the two planets.
Fact Sheet - NASA Science
WEBVoyager 1 made its closest approach to Jupiter on March 5, 1979, and Voyager 2 followed with its closest approach occurring on July 9, 1979. The first spacecraft flew within 277,400 kilometers (172,368 miles) of the planet's cloud tops, and Voyager 2 came within 650,180 kilometers (404,003 miles).
Voyager program - Wikipedia
WEBBy the start of VIM, Voyager 1 was at a distance of 40 AU from the Earth, while Voyager 2 was at 31 AU. VIM is in three phases: termination shock, heliosheath exploration, and interstellar exploration phase.
Voyager 1 and 2: The Interstellar Mission - NASA Space Place
WEBSep 17, 2024 · The Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft launched from Earth in 1977. Their mission was to explore Jupiter and Saturn —and beyond to the outer planets of our solar system. This was a big task. No human-made object had ever attempted a journey like that before.
The Voyager missions - The Planetary Society
WEBThe Voyager program consists of two spacecraft: Voyager 1 and Voyager 2. Voyager 2 was actually launched first, in August 1977, but Voyager 1 was sent on a faster trajectory when it launched about two weeks later.
First and Farthest: How the Voyagers Blazed Trails
WEBJul 31, 2017 · Few missions can match the achievements of NASA's groundbreaking Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft during their 40 years of exploration. Here's a short list of their major accomplishments to date. Planetary Firsts
Why is Voyager 1 faster than all other space probes?
WEBAug 13, 2017 · Voyager 1 had assists from Jupiter and Saturn, but Voyager 2 had assists from those and Uranus and Neptune. So you might think that Voyager 2 should have been accelerated more by the assists, and so should be going faster.
Voyager, Still Going After All These Years | Smithsonian
WEBLaunched in 1977 to study the large outer planets, Voyager 1 and 2 are now, respectively, more than 13 billion and 11 billion miles from Earth, exploring the outer boundary of the...
The most distant spacecraft in the solar system — Where are they …
WEBDec 30, 2022 · We now have five spacecraft that have either reached the edges of our solar system or are fast approaching it: Pioneer 10, Pioneer 11, Voyager 1, Voyager 2 and New Horizons.
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