Voyager 1 and 2
Images Voyager Took
The Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft explored Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune before starting their journey toward interstellar space. Here you'll find some of those iconic images, including “The Pale Blue Dot” — famously named by Carl Sagan — and what are still the only up-close images of Uranus and Neptune.
Pale Blue Dot
The Pale Blue Dot is an iconic photograph of Earth taken on Feb. 14, 1990, by NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft.
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Jupiter
Photography of Jupiter began in January 1979, when images of the brightly banded planet already exceeded the best taken from Earth.
Voyager at Jupiter
Saturn
The Voyager 1 and 2 Saturn encounters occurred nine months apart, in November 1980 and August 1981.
Voyager at Saturn
Uranus
Voyager 2 spacecraft flew past distant Uranus, the seventh planet from the Sun, in January 1986.
Voyager at Uranus
Neptune
In the summer of 1989, NASA's Voyager 2 became the first spacecraft to observe the planet Neptune up close, its final planetary target.
Voyager at Neptune
Solar System Family Portrait
Voyager 1 was speeding out of the solar system — beyond Neptune and about 3.7 billion miles (6 billion kilometers) from the Sun — when mission managers commanded it to look back toward home for a final time. It snapped a series of 60 images that were used to create the first “family portrait” of our solar system, Feb. 13-14, 1990.
