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Once the Voyager spacecraft leave the solar system (by 1990, both will be beyond the orbit of Pluto), they will find themselves in empty space. It will be forty thousand years before they make a close approach to any other planetary system.
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voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/spacecraft/goldenrec.html
voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/spacecraft/goldenrec.html
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Information about Voyager and Voyager data archived at NSSDC ... 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.
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nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/voyager.html
nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/voyager.html
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NSSDC Photo Gallery: Voyager Index - An index of pages in the NSSDC Photo Gallery which contain images produced by the Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft ... This page is provided as an index to the many images which the Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft have taken of solar system objects. These images appear on the pages for each object.
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nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/photo_gallery/photogallery-voyager....
nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/photo_gallery/photogallery-voyager.html
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Voyager 1 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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
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Voyager program - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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
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"Voyager has entered the final lap on its race to the edge of interstellar space, as it begins ... NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft has entered the solar system's final frontier, a vast, turbulent expanse where the Sun's influence ends and the solar wind crashes into the thin gas between stars. ... Voyager spacecraft animation...
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www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/solarsystem/voyager_agu.ht...
www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/solarsystem/voyager_agu.html
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Image 2a shows the positions of the Voyager spacecraft in relation to these structures. ... VOYAGER SPACECRAFT APPROACHING SOLAR SYSTEM'S FINAL FRONTIER ... NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is about to make history again as the first spacecraft to enter the solar system's final frontier, a vast expanse where wind from the Sun blows...
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www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/topstory/2003/1105voy...
www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/topstory/2003/1105voyager.html
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This page shows the current positions and other interesting data of the five spacecraft which are leaving the Solar System on escape trajectories - our first emissaries to the stars. The graphics and data table are generated dynamically and so always represent ... Pioneer 10 Pioneer 11 Voyager 2 Voyager 1 New Horizons...
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www.heavens-above.com/solar-escape.asp
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From NASA: Although launched 16 days after Voyager 2, Voyager 1 arrived at Jupiter March 1979, four months earlier than Voyager 2. Both spacecraft were then directed to Saturn with arrival times in November 1980 (Voyager 1) and August 1981 (Voyager 2).
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www.wired.com/science/space/multimedia/2007/09/gallery_...
www.wired.com/science/space/multimedia/2007/09/gallery_voyager_30
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