1977 - Mariner Jupiter/Saturn 1977 is renamed Voyager
Aug. 20 1977 - Voyager 2 launched from Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida
Sept. 5 1977 - Voyager 1 launched from Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida
Voyager 1 returns first spacecraft photo of Earth and Moon
March 5 1979 - Voyager 1 makes its closet approach to Jupiter
July 9 1979 - Voyager 2 makes its closet approach to Jupiter
Nov. 12 1980 - Voyager 1 flies by Saturn
Voyager 1 begins its trip out of the Solar System
Aug. 25 1981 - Voyager 2 flies by Saturn
1982 - Deep Space Network upgrades two 26-m antennas to 34-m
Jan. 24 1986 - Voyager 2 has the first ever encounter with Uranus
Deep Space Network begins expansion of 64-m antennas to 70-m
1987 - Voyager 2 observes Supernova 1987A
1988 - Voyager 2 returns first colour images of Neptune
Aug. 25 1989 - Voyager 2 is the first spacecraft to observe Neptune
Voyager 2 begins its trip out of the Solar System, below the ecliptic plane
Jan. 1 1990 - Begins Voyager Interstellar Mission
Feb. 14 1990 - Last Voyager Images - Portrait of the Solar System
Feb. 17 1998 - Voyager 1 passes Pioneer 10 to become the most distant human-made object in space
Dec 15 2004 - Voyager 1 crosses Termination Shock
Sept. 5 2007 - Voyager 2 crosses Termination Shock
Aug. 25 2012 - Voyager 1 enters Interstellar Space
Sept. 12 2013 - Announcement made to world that Voyager 1 has officially left our Solar System
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