Interstellar space
Voyager 1
The most distant human-made object, still returning data from interstellar space.
Interactive three-dimensional model of Voyager 1. Mission information is also available as text below.
Interstellar science operations
View in 3D map ↗Official mission site ↗The mission
Voyager 1 completed historic flybys of Jupiter and Saturn before continuing outward. It crossed the heliopause in 2012 and continues a reduced interstellar science mission while power permits.
The launch
- Launch
- September 5, 1977 · 12:56 UTC
- Launch location
- Cape Canaveral, Florida — Launch Complex 41
- Launch vehicle
- Titan IIIE-Centaur
- Orbit
- Earth-escape trajectory; now in interstellar space
Mission timeline
Follow the mission through its available trajectory data in the full 3D solar-system map.
- Now
Current mission status
Now
Interstellar science operations
Objectives
- 01
Continue measuring magnetic fields, plasma waves, and cosmic rays beyond the heliopause.
- 02
Characterize the Sun’s influence at the boundary of interstellar space.
Spacecraft
Voyager 1
- Manufacturer
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Launch mass
- 721.9 kg
- Power
- Three radioisotope thermoelectric generators
- MAG
- PWS
- CRS
- LECP
Gallery
19 images from Voyager 1.
3D model
- Source
- User-uploaded owned asset — Voyager NASA
- Author
- ArnieRosemary
- Usage
- Owned asset — production use authorized by rights holder
Rights-holder-authorized production asset shared by the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 records and optimized for interactive browser delivery.
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