Voyager program: Difference between revisions

The '''Voyager program''' is an American scientific program that employs two robotic [[interstellar probe]]s, ''[[Voyager 1]]'' and ''[[Voyager 2]]''. They were launched in 1977 to take advantage of a favorable alignment of the two gas giants [[Jupiter]] and [[Saturn]] and the ice giants, Uranus and Neptune, to [[Flyby (spaceflight)|fly near them]] while collecting data for transmission back to Earth. After launch, the decision was made to send ''Voyager 2'' near [[Uranus]] and [[Neptune]] to collect data for transmission back to Earth.<ref name="The Fantastic Voyage of Voyager">{{cite web|title=The Fantastic Voyage of Voyager|url= https://www.theattic.space/home-page-blogs/2020/1/9/the-astonishing-voyage-of-voyager |website=The Attic|date= 9 January 2020 |access-date=3 March 2020}}</ref>