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1. 1977 49 years ago

   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.

2. 1979 47 years ago

   Voyager 1 encounters Jupiter

   Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › , type: Flyby

   Mission: Voyager 1

   Voyager 1 made its closest approach to Jupiter.

3. 1980 46 years ago

   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.

4. 1998 28 years ago

   Voyager 1 becomes the most distant spacecraft

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

5. 2004 22 years ago

   Voyager 1 crosses the termination shock

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

6. 2012 14 years ago

   Voyager 1 enters interstellar space

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