In 1977, NASA launched the groundbreaking Voyager 1 and 2 missions into space. While both took off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, Voyager 2 began its journey sixteen days (August 20) before Voyager 1 (September 5). Their initial mission was to explore Jupiter and Saturn, which they did quite successfully, sending back data and images of Saturn’s rings and Jupiter’s moon Io. Voyager 1 became the first human spacecraft to enter interstellar space in August 2012. Voyager 2 became the second in November 2018, delayed several
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