Voyager Probes: Leaving the Solar System Behind

Voyager 1 and 2 launched in 1977 to explore the outer planets.
They provided the first close-up images of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
Voyager 1 is the farthest human-made object from Earth.
Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft to visit all four gas giants.
Both probes carry the Golden Record, a time capsule of Earth’s culture.
Voyager 1 entered interstellar space in 2012, followed by Voyager 2 in 2018.
Their instruments continue to send back data on cosmic rays and plasma.
They revealed active volcanoes on Jupiter’s moon Io and geysers on Neptune’s moon Triton.
Each spacecraft is powered by a nuclear battery expected to last into the 2030s.
The Voyagers symbolize humanity’s first steps into the galaxy beyond the Sun.