1977-09-05 launch

Voyager 1 — launch

Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

Mission: Voyager 1

• Space transportation

Voyager 1 is a space probe launched by NASA on September 5, 1977, as part of the Voyager program, to study the outer Solar System and the interstellar space beyond the Sun's heliosphere.

1979-03-05 planetary flyby

Voyager 1 encounters Jupiter

Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › Type: Flyby

Mission: Voyager 1

Voyager 1 made its closest approach to Jupiter.

1980-11-12 planetary flyby

Voyager 1 encounters Saturn

Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › Type: Flyby

Mission: Voyager 1

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

1998-02-17 mission operations

Voyager 1 becomes the most distant spacecraft

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

2004-12-16 mission operations

Voyager 1 crosses the termination shock

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

2012-08-25 mission operations

Voyager 1 enters interstellar space

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