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Mariner 2 launches off to venus
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Sputnik launches
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Viking Probe Launches
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Mariner sattelite renamed to voyager
In 1977 the sattelite that was to be named Mariner had a name change to Voyager -
Voyager 2 Launches from Kennedy Space Flight Center
August 20,1977 Voyager 2 launches from Kennedy Space center -
Voyager 1 Launched
Voyager 1 was launched and returned the first spacecraft photos of the moon and Earth -
Voyager 2 makes it's closest approch to Jupiter
On July 9 Voyager 2, the second sattelite gets close to Jupiter a little bit after Voyager 1 -
Voyager 1 encounters Saturn
On Voyager 1's encounter with saturn, it discovered new things in saturn's atmosphere and rings and made close range observations, finding out saturn's atmosphere was 7% helium. After that Voyager 1 prepared for its trip out of the solar system. -
First Space shuttle launches
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Antenna change
Deep space network upgrades 26 m antennas to 34 m antennas -
Voyager 2 has first ever encounter with Uranus
Voyager 2 found 10 new sattelites of Uranus and 2 new rings. -
Voyager 2 Observes Supernova 1987A
Voyager 2 Observes Supernova 1987A -
Returns first colored picture of Neptune
Voyager 2 returns first colored pictures of Neptune -
Galileo Spacecraft Launches
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Voyager begins interstellar mission
Voyager probes begin to travel out of the solar system -
Last Voyager Images
Voyager sent in it's last image, a portrait of our solar system -
Hubble Space Telescope Launches
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N.E.A.R Launches
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ISS Launches