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Voyager spacecraft

author: NASA/JPL-Caltech /Novapix

reference: e-son10-00020

Image Size 300 DPI: 21 * 12 cm

The last two spacecraft of NASA's Mariner series, Voyager 1 and 2 were the first in that series to be sent to explore the outer solar system. Although launched sixteen days after Voyager 2, Voyager 1's trajectory was a faster path, arriving at Jupiter in March of 1979. Voyager 2 arrived about four months later in July 1979. Both spacecraft were then directed on to Saturn with arrival times in November 1980 (Voyager 1) and August 1981 (Voyager 2). Voyager 2 was then diverted to the remaining gas giants, Uranus (January 1986) and Neptune (August 1989).

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1977 - ASTRONOMY - ILLUSTRATION - SPACE - SPACECRAFT - SPACEPROBE - STAR - VOYAGER - VOYAGER 1 - VOYAGER 2 -