Voyager: mission and targets
Data as of 2026-10-04
Dates declared by the archive
- Project start
- July 1, 1972
- Declared end
- not declared
The start the archive declares is the start of the project, not the launch, and an end it does not declare does not mean the mission is still running.
In Galaxy
Targets you can open in 3D:
- Earth
- Jupiter
- Neptune
- Saturn
- Uranus
- Amalthea
- Callisto
- Europa
- Ganymede
- Io
- Nereid
- Proteus
- Triton
- Dione
- Enceladus
- Hyperion
- Iapetus
- Mimas
- Rhea
- Tethys
- Titan
- Ariel
- Miranda
- Oberon
- Titania
- Umbriel
- Sun
Spacecraft of this mission that Galaxy follows:
A declared target is what the archive files the mission’s data under, not a record of observation.
Description published by the archive
The Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft, launched in 1977, are on a mission to explore interstellar space, well beyond Pluto, after having successfully studied Jupiter and Saturn. Voyager 1 entered interstellar space in August 2012, followed by Voyager 2 in November 2018. Both spacecraft are still transmitting scientific data back to Earth via the Deep Space Network. They've made significant discoveries, such as active volcanoes on Jupiter's moon Io and details about Saturn's rings, and Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft to have visited Uranus and Neptune. Their ongoing mission, the Voyager Interstellar Mission, aims to explore the outer edge of the Sun's influence and beyond.
Quoted in English, as the archive publishes it, read on October 4, 2026.
Other targets declared
- Solar System (planetary system)
- Adrastea (satellite)
- Metis (satellite)
- Thebe (satellite)
- Larissa (satellite)
- ROCK (satellite)
- Atlas (satellite)
- Calypso (satellite)
- Epimetheus (satellite)
- Helene (satellite)
- Janus (satellite)
- Pandora (satellite)
- Phoebe (satellite)
- Prometheus (satellite)
- Telesto (satellite)
- Puck (satellite)
- Alpha Centauri (star)
- Vega (star)
- Alpha Pavonis (star)
- Beta Centauri (star)
- Mirzam (star)
- Sigma Sagittarii (star)
6 calibration targets declared by the archive are not listed: they are what an instrument looks at to adjust itself, not a place the mission aimed at.
Source
Identifier in the archive, which is its citation: urn:nasa:pds:context:investigation:mission.voyager
NASA Planetary Data System, PDS Registry, investigation context products. Dates and targets read on September 29, 2026; how to cite the archive: https://pds.nasa.gov/datastandards/citing/