The Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 space probes finally launched in late 1977, following around a decade of development and planning. Both probes captured incredible photos of Jupiter and Venus, and collected valuable scientific data, though the journey wasn't without challenges.

Hosted by Corbin Davenport, guest starring Cody Toombs.

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Photos:

• https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/voyager-1-takes-the-first-image-of-the-earth-moon-system-in-a-single-frame

• https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/galleries/images-voyager-took/jupiter/

• https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/galleries/images-voyager-took/saturn/

Videos:

• https://youtu.be/ZQIxyqt0fV4

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