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  1. 40 Years Ago: Voyager 1 Explores Saturn

    Today, Voyager 1 is the most distant spacecraft from Earth, more than 14 billion miles away and continuing on its journey out of our solar system. Forty years ago, it made its closest approach to Saturn. Although it was not the first to explore the giant ringed planet, as the Pioneer 11 spacecraft completed the first flyby in 1979, Voyager ...

  2. Voyager

    The Voyager 1 and 2 Saturn encounters occurred nine months apart, in November 1980 and August 1981. Voyager 1 is leaving the solar system. Voyager 2 completed its encounter with Uranus in January 1986 and with Neptune in August 1989, and is now also en route out of the solar system. The two Saturn encounters increased our knowledge and altered ...

  3. Voyager 1

    Its flyby of the Saturn system in November 1979 was as spectacular as its previous encounter. Voyager 1 found five new moons, a ring system consisting of thousands of bands, wedge-shaped transient clouds of tiny particles in the B ring that scientists called "spokes," a new ring (the "G-ring"), and "shepherding" satellites on either side of the F-ring—satellites that keep the ...

  4. Voyager 1

    Voyager 1 encountered Saturn in November 1980, with the closest approach on November 12, 1980, when the space probe came within 124,000 kilometers (77,000 mi) of Saturn's cloud-tops. The space probe's cameras detected complex structures in the rings of Saturn , and its remote sensing instruments studied the atmospheres of Saturn and its giant ...

  5. Voyager

    The Voyager 1 and 2 Saturn encounters occurred nine months apart, in November 1980 and August 1981. Voyager 1 is leaving the solar system. Voyager 2 completed its encounter with Uranus in January 1986 and with Neptune in August 1989, and is now also en route out of the solar system. For a summary of scientific findings by the two Voyagers at ...

  6. 45 Years Ago: Voyager 1 Begins its Epic Journey to the Outer ...

    Right: Voyager 1 image of Saturn's largest moon Titan, with evidence of a blue atmospheric haze layer. Voyager 1 began its long-range observations of Saturn on Aug. 22, 1980, passed within 114,500 miles of the planet's center on Nov. 12, and concluded its studies on Dec. 14. Because of its interest to scientists, mission planners chose the ...

  7. Encounter with Saturn: Voyager 1 Imaging Science Results

    Abstract. As Voyager 1 flew through the Saturn system it returned photographs revealing many new and surprising characteristics of this complicated community of bodies. Saturn's atmosphere has numerous, low-contrast, discrete cloud features and a pattern of circulation significantly different from that of Jupiter.

  8. Voyager

    The twin spacecraft Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 were launched by NASA in separate months in the summer of 1977 from Cape Canaveral, Florida. As originally designed, the Voyagers were to conduct closeup studies of Jupiter and Saturn, Saturn's rings, and the larger moons of the two planets. › View more

  9. Inside NASA's monthslong effort to rescue the Voyager 1 mission

    As it sped through the cosmos, Voyager 1 flew by Jupiter and Saturn, studying the planets' moons up close and snapping images along the way. Voyager 2, which is 12.6 billion miles away, had ...

  10. Voyager 1 Image of Saturn

    Voyager 1 looked back at Saturn on Nov. 16, 1980, four days after the spacecraft flew past the planet, to observe the appearance of Saturn and its rings from this unique perspective. A few of the spokelike ring features discovered by Voyager appear in the rings as bright patches in this image, taken at a distance of 5.3 million kilometers (3.3 ...

  11. Voyager 1

    About the mission. Voyager 1 reached interstellar space in August 2012 and is the most distant human-made object in existence. Launched just shortly after its twin spacecraft, Voyager 2, in 1977, Voyager 1 explored the Jovian and Saturnian systems discovering new moons, active volcanoes and a wealth of data about the outer solar system.

  12. Voyager 1 transmitting data again after Nasa remotely fixes 46-year-old

    Voyager 1 and 2 have made numerous scientific discoveries, including taking detailed recordings of Saturn and revealing that Jupiter also has rings, as well as active volcanism on one of its moons ...

  13. 35th Anniversary of the Voyager 1 Saturn Flyby

    Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech. On November 12, 1980, 35 years ago, Voyager 1 became the second spacecraft to flyby Saturn. Its main objectives were to conduct close-up studies of Jupiter and Saturn, Saturn's rings, and the larger moons of the two planets. Built to last 5 years, the spacecraft is in interstellar space today and still operating 38 ...

  14. Voyager at Saturn

    The Voyager 1 and 2 Saturn encounters occurred nine months apart, in November 1980 and August 1981. Voyager 2 completed its encounter with Uranus in January 1986 and with Neptune in August 1989. Both are now leaving the solar system. Popular Tags. Hubble Space Telescope;

  15. Voyager 1

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  16. Voyager 1 at Saturn

    Excerpt on Saturn from "The Grand Tour."For more about the Voyager mission, visit https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/

  17. Voyager 1: Facts about Earth's farthest spacecraft

    Voyager 1 visits Saturn and its moons. Scientists only had to wait about a year, until 1980, to get close-up pictures of Saturn. Like Jupiter, the ringed planet turned out to be full of surprises.

  18. Voyager 1 regains communications with NASA after inventive fix

    Voyager 1's flight data system collects information from the spacecraft's science instruments and bundles it with engineering data that reflects its current health status. Mission control on ...

  19. Voyager

    Data from this instrument suggested that Voyager 1 entered interstellar space on Aug. 25, 2012, when the inside particles (green) dipped closer to 0.0 and the outside particles (orange) rose to above 2.0. ... The Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft explored Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune before starting their journey toward interstellar space. Here ...

  20. Rejoice! Voyager 1 is back from the dead

    Voyager 1 arrived at Saturn as I started secondary school, and its sister craft, Voyager 2, reached Uranus as I left. The latter approached Neptune while I danced at university balls. For me, it ...

  21. Voyager 1, First Craft in Interstellar Space, May Have Gone Dark

    Voyager 1 is one half of the Voyager mission. It has a twin spacecraft, Voyager 2. Launched in 1977, they were primarily built for a four-year trip to Jupiter and Saturn , expanding on earlier ...

  22. NASA hears from Voyager 1, its most distant spacecraft, after months of

    It takes 22 1/2 hours to send a signal to Voyager 1, more than 15 billion miles (24 billion kilometers) away in interstellar space. ... Launched in 1977 to study Jupiter and Saturn, Voyager 1 has been exploring interstellar space — the space between star systems — since 2012. Its twin, Voyager 2, is 12.6 billion miles (20 billion kilometers ...

  23. NASA's Voyager 1 team is having success in repairing a worrying ...

    The Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 probes launched in 1977 on a mission to study Jupiter and Saturn but continued onward through the outer reaches of the solar system. In 2012, Voyager 1 became the first ...

  24. NASA restores data signal from 46-year-old Voyager 1

    Voyager 1 stopped sending usable data in November last year though NASA scientists knew it was receiving data from them. ... Saturn rises around 4:30 a.m. at the beginning of May and around 2:30 a ...

  25. Voyager

    Voyager 1 flew within 64,200 kilometers (40,000 miles) of the cloud tops, while Voyager 2 came within 41,000 kilometers (26,000 miles). Saturn is the second largest planet in the solar system. It takes 29.5 Earth years to complete one orbit of the Sun, and its day was clocked at 10 hours, 39 minutes.

  26. 40 Facts About Elektrostal

    40 Facts About Elektrostal. Elektrostal is a vibrant city located in the Moscow Oblast region of Russia. With a rich history, stunning architecture, and a thriving community, Elektrostal is a city that has much to offer. Whether you are a history buff, nature enthusiast, or simply curious about different cultures, Elektrostal is sure to ...

  27. Elektrostal

    Law #130/2004-OZ of October 25, 2004 On the Status and the Border of Elektrostal Urban Okrug, as amended by the Law #82/2010-OZ of July 1, 2010 On Amending the Law of Moscow Oblast "On the Status and the Border of Elektrostal Urban Okrug" and the Law of Moscow Oblast "On the Status and Borders of Noginsky Municipal District and the Newly ...

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  29. Voyager

    The Voyager 1 and 2 Saturn encounters occurred nine months apart, in November 1980 and August 1981. Voyager 1 is leaving the solar system. Voyager 2 completed its encounter with Uranus in January 1986 and with Neptune in August 1989, and is now also en route out of the solar system.

  30. Elektrostal

    Elektrostal , lit: Electric and Сталь , lit: Steel) is a city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located 58 kilometers east of Moscow. Population: 155,196 ; 146,294 ...