While the Space Race in the 1960s drew to a close, NASA began planning a 'Grand Tour' of the outer Solar System using a series of space probes. By 1977, Voyager 1 and 2 were ready to launch.

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Sources:

• https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4219/Chapter11.html

• https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/timeline

• https://www.npr.org/2010/02/12/123614938/an-alien-view-of-earth

• https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/interstellar-mission

• https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1977-084A

• https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/news/voyager-mission-anniversary-computers-command-data-attitude-control/

• https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/03/magazine/the-loyal-engineers-steering-nasas-voyager-probes-across-the-universe.html

• https://descanso.jpl.nasa.gov/DPSummary/Descanso4--Voyager_ed.pdf