09/09/2022
The Voyager program is an American scientific program that employs two robotic interstellar probes, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2. They were launched in 1977 to take advantage of a favorable alignment of Jupiter and Saturn, to fly near them while collecting data for transmission back to Earth.
Started: 1977
Last flight: September 5, 1977
First flight: August 20, 1977
Start date: 1977
Missions: Voyager 1 Mission, Voyager 2 Mission
Cost
865 million dollars
Overall Mission
The total cost of the Voyager mission from May 1972 through the Neptune encounter (including launch vehicles, radioactive power source (RTGs), and DSN tracking support) is 865 million dollars.
Mission Status
Voyager 1 Mission Elapsed Time 44yrs 11mos 26days 22hrs 04mins 05secs
Distance from Earth 14,623,778,588 mi
157.31973656 AU
Distance from Sun 14,635,748,910 mi
Purpose
The mission objective of the Voyager Interstellar Mission (VIM) is to extend the NASA exploration of the solar system beyond the neighborhood of the outer planets to the outer limits of the Sun's sphere of influence, and possibly beyond.
Impact
The Voyager mission not only transformed our knowledge of Jupiter, Saturn and their dozens of moons, it also gave us our first close-up look at the strange and wondrous planets Uranus and Neptune. Voyager will be remembered as one of the greatest achievements in exploration.
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