It launched second, but reached its target first. On September 5, 1977, the Voyager 1 spacecraft blasted off from Cape ...

On September 5, 1977, the Voyager 1 spacecraft blasted off ... In addition Voyager took readings on Jupiter’s atmosphere and magnetic field. Then it was on to Saturn. Observations of that ...

Saturn comes second to Jupiter in many respects—in size, age, prominence of stripes—but in terms of scientific intrigue, it ...

Voyager 1 was responsible for one of the most iconic space photos in the history of the space program. In 1990, while still ...

According to scientists, hydrogen and helium dominate Neptune's atmosphere ... Having visited Jupiter in 1979, Saturn in 1981 and Uranus in 1985, Voyager's closest approach to Neptune came ...

According to scientists, hydrogen and helium dominate Neptune's atmosphere ... hints Voyager 2 took this shot almost precisely 12 years after it launched on a Titan-Centaur rocket from Cape Canaveral, ...

The order of the planets in the solar system, starting nearest the sun and working outward is the following: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn ... so far, Voyager 1, Voyager 2, New ...