VOYAGER, NASA’s Longest-Lived Mission, Logs 45 Years in Space 17.8.2022 VIDEO: This visualization tracks the trajectory of the Voyager 1 spacecraft through the solar system. Launched on September 5, 1977, it was one of two spacecraft sent to visit the giant planets of the outer solar system. Voyager 1 flew by Jupiter and Saturn before being directed out of the solar system. To fit the 40 year history of the mission into a short visualization, the pacing of time accelerates through most of the mo

We created this animation in two parts to show the incredible journeys of Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, the farthest objects humanity has ever sent into space. In the first part, we follow Voyager 1 as it launches from Earth in 1977, uses gravity assists to swing past Jupiter and Saturn, and slingshots its way toward interstellar space. In the second part, we track Voyager 2, which also launched in 1977 and took a different route—visiting Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune—thanks to a rare planetar