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Voyager Time Line

1977  
  Mariner Jupiter/Saturn 1977 is renamed Voyager
Aug. 20 Voyager 2 launched from Kennedy Space Flight Center
Sept. 5

Voyager 1 launched from Kennedy Space Flight Center

Voyager 1 returns first spacecraft photo of Earth and Moon

1979  
Mar. 5 Voyager 1 makes its closest approach to Jupiter
July 9 Voyager 2 comes in for its closest visit of Jupiter
   
1980  
Nov. 12 Voyager 1 flies by Saturn

Voyager 1 begins its trip out of the Solar System
1981  
Aug. 25 Voyager 2 flies by Saturn
1982  
  Deep Space Network upgrades two 26-m antennas to 34-m
1986  
Jan. 24 Voyager 2 has the first-ever encounter with Uranus

Deep Space Network begins upgrades including expansion of 64-m antennas to 70-m
1987  
  Voyager 2 "observes" Supernova 1987A
1988  
  Voyager 2 returns first color images of Neptune
1989  
Aug. 25 Voyager 2 is the first spacecraft to observe Neptune

Voyager 2 begins its trip out of the Solar System,
below the ecliptic plane
1990  
Jan. 1 Begins Voyager Interstellar Mission
Feb. 14 Last Voyager Images - Portrait of the Solar System
1998  
Feb. 17 Voyager 1 passes Pioneer 10 to become the most
distant human-made object in space
2004  
Dec. 16 Voyager enters Solar Systems' Final Frontier
2005  
Jan. 5 Voyagers
Surpass 10,000 Days Of Operation

 

 

 

 

 

 

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