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Voyager 1 overtakes Pioneer 10 as the most distant spacecraft from the Sun, at 69.419 AU. Voyager 1 is moving away from the Sun at over 1 AU per year faster than Pioneer 10. 2004-12-17 Passed the termination shock at 94 AU and entered the heliosheath. 2007-02-02 Terminated plasma subsystem operations. 2007-04-11 Terminated plasma subsystem heater.
In March 1979, Voyager 1 made its close approach to Jupiter, capturing detailed images of the planet and its moons, with Voyager 2 conducting its flyby four months later. In November 1980, Voyager 1 flew by Saturn, using a gravity assist to explore Titan before leaving the Solar System, traveling north out of the ecliptic plane. [5]
After Voyager 1 successfully completed its flyby of Saturn and its moon Titan, it was decided to send Voyager 2 on flybys of Uranus and Neptune. [1] After the planetary flybys were complete, decisions were made to keep the probes in operation to explore interstellar space and the outer regions of the solar system.
This week, uncover the challenges faced by Voyager 1, meet flower-licking wolves, see an unexpected ancient lifesaving tool, and more. The 47-year-old Voyager probes are exploring interstellar ...
Voyager 2: 20 August 1977 [2] Titan IIIE Centaur-D1T [8] NASA: Flyby Successful Closest approach at 01:21 UTC on 26 August 1981. Flew past Iapetus, Titan, Dione, Mimas, Enceladus, Tethys and Rhea at long distances. Later flew past Uranus and Neptune. [9] 3 Voyager 1: Voyager 1: 5 September 1977 [2] Titan IIIE Centaur-D1T [8] NASA: Flyby Successful
It sent back the first high-resolution images of the planet, rings, and satellites. Surface features of various moons were seen for the first time. Because of the earlier discovery of a thick atmosphere on Titan, the Voyager controllers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory elected for Voyager 1 to make a close approach of Titan. This greatly ...
Pioneer 11 passed by Saturn on September 1, 1979, at a distance of 21,000 km (13,000 mi) from Saturn's cloud tops. [ 27 ] By this time, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 had already passed Jupiter and were en route to Saturn, so it was decided Pioneer 11 would pass through the Saturn ring plane at the same position Voyager 2 would later have to fly ...
Sakigake flyby, Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft Japan: Suisei: Halley's Comet: Success: Suisei flyby Mexico: Morelos I: Earth: Success: Morelos I, the first Mexican satellite 1986 Europe: Giotto: Halley's Comet: Success: Giotto flyby US: Voyager 2: Uranus: Success: Voyager 2 sent back images of Uranus and its system 1987 Japan: Ginga ...