The Voyager Space Probe By oranebeast May 20, 1960 Voyager 1 Project Planned May 9, 1977 The launch of the Voyager 1 The Voyager 1 took flight! Nov 20, 1977 Voyager 2 Launched Apr 13, 1979 The Voyager 1 encountered Jupiter Oct 22, 1980 Voyager 1 Encountered Saturn Nov 20, 1980 The Voyager 1 Project Terminated Period: Nov 20, 1980 to May 20, 2013 Project Terminated Nov 4, 1985 Voyager 2 Encountered Uranus Jun 5, 1989 Voyager 2 Encountered Neptune May 11, 2003 First Spacecraft 90 AU from the sun