Voyager 1 will only be one light-day away from Earth by 2050, while Neptune is 4.16 light-hours away. Voyager 1 and 2 are expected to enter interstellar space in 2015 and carry a “gold disc” with greetings and instructions. The Voyager 1 spacecraft, launched in 1977, will have drifted only about one light-day away from […]
Voyager I is a spacecraft that visited Jupiter and Saturn in the late 1970s and early 1980s. It is currently the farthest man-made object from Earth, located in the heliosheath. Powered by radioisotope thermal generators, it will shut down in 2020. Voyager I provided the first high-resolution images of the moons of Jupiter and Saturn […]
Voyager 2 is a spacecraft that completed the planetary Grand Tour, visiting Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. It is the most productive space probe and has provided extensive images of the outer planets. Currently, it is twice as far from the Sun as Pluto and will run out of power in the 2020s. Launched in […]
