Mission Name Voyager 1 & 2 LASP Instruments Planetary Radio Astronomy (PRA) Destination Outer Solar System Launch Date September 5th, 1977 Launch Location Kennedy Space Center Launch Vehicle Titan III E-Centaur Mission Duration In progress Mission Description/ LASP involvement   LASP Divisions Involved Science LASP Mission Web Page   Official Mission Web Page http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/voyager.html

A comprehensive list of the achievements of Voyager 1 and 2 would be so extensive that space doesn't permit. Here, then, are a (very) few results that would rank near the top of many such lists.

• Discovery of the Uranian and Neptunian magnetospheres, both of them highly inclined and offset from the planets' rotational axes, suggesting their sources are significantly different from other magnetospheres.
• The Voyagers found 22 new satellites: 3 at Jupiter, 3 at Saturn, 10 at Uranus, and 6 at Neptune.
• Io was found to have active volcanism, the only solar system body other than the Earth to be so confirmed. Triton was found to have active geyser-like structures and an atmosphere.
• Auroral zones were discovered at Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune.
• Jupiter was found to have rings. Saturn's rings were found to contain spokes in the B-ring and a braided structure in the F-ring. Two new rings were discovered at Uranus and Neptune's rings, originally thought to be only ring arcs, were found to be complete, albeit composed of fine material.
• At Neptune, originally thought to be too cold to support such atmospheric disturbances, large-scale storms (notably the Great Dark Spot) were discovered.

(Taken from: http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/voyager.html)

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