Voyager 1 Encounters Saturn

by United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration

MISSION OBJECTIVES

The Voyager Project was approved in June 1972 and had as its mission objectives:

★ Exploration of the Jupiter and Saturn planetary systems, including their atmospheres, rings, satellites, and magnetospheres ★ Comparative analyses of the two systems ★ Investigation of the interplanetary medium between Earth and Saturn

A fourth objective, added in 1976, was to preserve the possibility of extending the mission to include an investigation of the planet Uranus and the interstellar medium.

With the completion of Voyager 1’s Saturn flyby, it is now clear that these objectives will be achieved.