Voyager

program

10 records

1970s

2 records

  1. 1979

    1. 1979-03-05 planetary flyby

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      Mission:

      Voyager 1 made its closest approach to Jupiter.

    2. 1979-07-09 planetary flyby

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      Mission:

      Voyager 2 made its closest approach to Jupiter.

1980s

3 records

  1. 1980

    1. 1980-11-12 planetary flyby

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      Mission:

      Voyager 1 made its closest approach to Saturn and studied its rings and moons.

  2. 1986

    1. 1986-01-24 planetary flyby

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      Mission:

      Voyager 2 became the first spacecraft to fly past Uranus.

  3. 1989

    1. 1989-08-25 planetary flyby

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      Mission:

      Voyager 2 made the first close spacecraft encounter with Neptune.

1990s

1 record

  1. 1998

    1. 1998-02-17 mission operations

      Voyager 1 surpassed Pioneer 10’s distance from the Sun.

2000s

2 records

  1. 2004

    1. 2004-12-16 mission operations

      Voyager 1 entered the heliosheath beyond the solar wind’s termination shock.

  2. 2007

    1. 2007-08-30 mission operations

      Voyager 2 entered the heliosheath.

2010s

2 records

  1. 2012

    1. 2012-08-25 mission operations

      Voyager 1 crossed the heliopause and began sampling the interstellar environment.

  2. 2018

    1. 2018-11-25 mission operations

      Voyager 2 crossed the heliopause into the interstellar environment.

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