1977 Mariner Jupiter/Saturn 1977 is renamed Voyager
1977 Aug 20 Voyager 2 launched from Kennedy Space Flight Center.
1977 Sep 05 Voyager 1 launched from Kennedy Space Flight Center.
Voyager 1 returns first spacecraft photo of earth and moon.
1979 Mar 05 Voyager 1 makes its closest approach to Jupiter.
1979 Jul 09 Voyager 2 makes its closest approach to Jupiter.
1980 Nov 12 Voyager 1 flies by Saturn.
Voyager 1 begins its trip out of the solar system.
1981 Aug 25 Voyager 2 flies by Saturn.
1986 Jan 24 Voyager 2 has the first encounter with Uranus.
1988 Voyager 2 returns first color images of Neptune.
1989 Aug 25 Voyager 2 is the first space craft to observe Neptune.
1990 Jan 01 Begins Voyager interstellar mission.
1990 Feb 14 Last Voyager images-Portrait of Solar system.
1998 Feb 17 Voyager 1 becomes the most distant human-made object in space,
2012 Aug 25 Voyager 1 enters interstellar space.
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