Voyager 1

Robotic Space Probes

Voyager 1 is a NASA space probe launched on September 5, 1977, under the Voyager program. It flew by Jupiter, Saturn, and Titan, studying the gas giants, their rings, magnetic fields, weather, and moons. The spacecraft crossed the heliopause and entered interstellar space on August 25, 2012, becoming the first spacecraft to do so. Its extended mission studies the outer heliosphere and interstellar medium.

Launch date: September 5, 1977
First entry into interstellar space: August 25, 2012
Operational instruments as of 2026: Plasma Wave Subsystem and magnetometer

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Article: Voyager 1 (English Wikipedia)
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