Oct 24, 2024 · The Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft explored Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune before starting their journey toward interstellar space. Here you’ll find some of those iconic …

Nov 2, 2024 · Voyager 1 discovered a thin ring around Jupiter and two new Jovian moons: Thebe and Metis. At Saturn, Voyager 1 found five new moons and a new ring called the G-ring. …

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 …

Mar 5, 2019 · Today, Voyager 1 is the most distant spacecraft from Earth, more than 13 billion miles away. Forty years ago, fairly close to the beginning of its incredible journey through and …

Apr 10, 2024 · Voyager 1 completed its Jupiter encounter in early April, after taking almost 19,000 pictures and many other scientific measurements. Voyager 2 picked up the baton in late April …

Sep 7, 2022 · Voyager 1 conducted its observations of Jupiter between Jan. 6 and April 13, 1979, making its closest approach of 216,837 miles from the planet’s center on March 5. The …

Dec 17, 2024 · Voyager 1, robotic U.S. interplanetary probe launched in 1977 that visited Jupiter and Saturn and was the first spacecraft to reach interstellar space. Voyager 1 swung by …

Jul 13, 2015 · Voyager 1’s closest approach to Jupiter occurred March 5, 1979. Image Credit: NASA. First close-up view of Jupiter from Voyager 1.

These Jupiter photographs are part of a set taken by NASA's Voyager 1 on December 10 and 11, 1978 from a distance of 83 million km (52 million miles) or more than half the distance from the …

This image of Jupiter was taken by Voyager 1 about 6 hours after closest approach on 5 March 1979. The camera is looking back into Jupiter's shadow from a distance of 320,000 km. The …