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Collection:
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Collection
Creator:
NASA/JPL-Caltech
Description:
OUTWARD BOUND VOYAGER--A Titan-Centaur launch vehicle hurls Voyager 1 from Cape Canaveral toward its rendezvous with Jupiter and Saturn. The launch took place at 5:56 a.m. (PDT) September 5, 1977. Voyager 1 followed Voyager 2 away from Earth, but by the time they reach Jupiter it will be four months ahead of Voyager 2. Voyager 1 will reach Saturn nine months ahead of Voyager 2. The Voyager project is managed by Caltech's Jet Propulsion Laboratory for NASA's Office of Space Science.
Identifier:
P19480ac
Contributor:
JPL Archives
What:
Voyager 1
What:
Jupiter
What:
Saturn
What:
Voyager 2
What:
Voyager
Where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)