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1990 Space probe Voyager 1 takes photograph of entire solar system
1989 After 12-year, 4-billion-mile journey, Voyager 2 flies over cloudtops of Neptune and its moon Triton, sending back photographs of swamps 1989 Voyager 2 flies past Neptune 1989 Voyager 2 begins a flyby of planet Neptune 1989 Voyager 2 discovers 2 partial rings of Neptune 1989 NASA confirmed Voyager 2's discovery of 3 more moons of Neptune designated temporarily 1989 N2, 1989 N3 and 1989 N24 1988 Experimental airplane Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, complete 1st nonstop, round-the-world flight without refueling lands 1986 Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, took off from Edwards AFB, California on 1st non-stop, non-refueled flight around world 1986 Voyager 2, 1st Uranus flyby 1986 Voyager 2 makes 1st fly-by of Uranus (81,593 km), finds new moons 1981 Voyager 2 takes photo's of Saturn's moon Titan 1981 Voyager 2's closest approach to Saturn (63,000 miles/100,000 km) 1981 Voyager 2 encounters Saturn 1980 U.S. spacecraft Voyager I sent back 1st close-up pictures of Saturn 1980 U.S. space probe Voyager I approaches 77,000-mi (124,000 km) of Saturn 1980 Voyager 1 space probe discovers 15th moon of Saturn 1979 Voyager 2 flies past Jupiter 1979 Voyager 2 takes 1st ever photo of Jupiter's satellite Adrastea (J14) 1979 Voyager 1 passes Jupiter 1979 Voyager I's closest approach to Jupiter (172,000 miles) 1979 U.S. Voyager I photo reveals Jupiter's rings 1977 Voyager 2 launched for fly-by of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune 1977 U.S. Voyager I takes 1st space photograph of Earth and Moon together 1977 Voyager 1 (U.S.) launched toward fly-by of Jupiter, Saturn 1977 NASA launches Voyager 2 towards Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune 1968 Garrett Wang, actor, Star Trek Voyager 1968 Jeri Ryan, actress, 7 of 9-Star Trek Voyager 1964 Roxanne Biggs-Dawson, actress, B'Elanna Torres-Star Trek Voyager 1964 Australian destroyer "Voyager" sinks in collision, killing 82 1964 Destroyer Voyager sinks off Australia after colliding with aircraft carrier Melbourne 1957 Robert Beltran, actor, Star Trek Voyager 1957 Jon-Erik Hexum, Tenafly, New Jersey, actor, Voyager, Cover-up 1956 Tim Russ, born in Washington D.C., actor, Tuvoc-Star Trek Voyager 1955 Kate Mulgrew, born in Dubuque, Iowa, actress, Captain Janeway-Star Trek Voyager 1955 Ethan Phillips, actor, Neelix-Star Trek Voyager 1950 Barbara Sukowa, Germany, actress, Zentropia, Sicilian, Voyager, Lola 1943 Burt Rutan, born in Estacada, Oregon, Elbert Leander Burt Rutan, inventor, aerospace engineer, created the Voyager, the first plane to fly around the world without stopping or refueling, and SpaceShipOne, which entered space two times in fourteen days |
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