|
At the start of the VIM, the two Voyager spacecraft had been in flight for over 12 years having been launched in August (Voyager 2) and September (Voyager 1), 1977. Voyager 1 was at a distance of approximately 40 AU (Astronomical Unit - mean distance of Earth from the Sun, 150 million kilometers) from the Sun,
|
voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/interstellar.html
voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/interstellar.html
|
|
|
Voyager 1 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
|
|
The Voyager 1 spacecraft is a 722-kilogram (1,592 lb) robotic space probe of the outer Solar System and beyond, launched September 5, 1977. It remains operational, currently pursuing its extende...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_1
|
|
|
|
|
Launch Date: September 5, 1977 (Voyager 1) ... 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...
|
nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/voyager.html
nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/voyager.html
|
|
|
Read about the Voyager 1 Mission ... ; Jupiter's Great Red Spot and Surroundings; Target Object: Jupiter; Mission: Voyager 1 ; ... Details of Jupiter's Atmosphere from 4.3 million km; Target Object: Jupiter; Mission: Voyager 1 ;
|
nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/imgcat/html/mission_page/JP_Voyager...
nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/imgcat/html/mission_page/JP_Voyager_1_page1.html
|
|
Image Right: This still shows the locations of Voyagers 1 and 2. Voyager 1 is traveling a lot and has crossed into the heliosheath, the region where interstellar gas and solar wind start to mix. Click on the image for movie or download color print resolution still and black & white still.
|
www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/solarsystem/voyager_agu.ht...
www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/solarsystem/voyager_agu.html
|
|
NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft has followed its twin, Voyager 1, into the solar system's final frontier, a vast region at the edge of our solar system where the solar wind runs up against the thin gas between the stars...
|
www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/voyager/
www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/voyager/
|
|
Seen here is a full-scale model of one of the twin Voyager spacecraft, which was sent to explore the giant outer planets in our solar system. Voyager 2 was launched August 20, 1977 followed by the launch of Voyager 1 sixteen days later.
|
pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/welcome/voyager.htm
pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/welcome/voyager.htm
|
|
Voyager program - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
|
|
The Voyager program is a series of U.S. unmanned space missions that consists of a pair of unmanned scientific probes, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 . They were launched in 1977 to take advantage of a...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_program
|
|
