Voyager 1
The most distant human-made object.
Voyager 1 is a NASA space probe launched on 5 September 1977. It flew past Jupiter, Saturn and Saturn's moon Titan and was the first probe to return detailed images of their moons.
On 25 August 2012 it crossed the heliopause, the first spacecraft to enter interstellar space. It is the most distant human-made object from Earth.
Quick Facts
- Mission type
- Outer planetary
- heliosphere
- and interstellar medium exploration
- Operator
- NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Spacecraft type
- Mariner Jupiter-Saturn
- Manufacturer
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Dry mass
- 721.9 kg / 1,592 lb
- Launch mass
- 815 kg / 1,797 lb
- Power
- 470 watts (at launch)
- Launch rocket
- Titan IIIE
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