Mission Goals and discoveries¶

Basically, the main goal of these probes is space exploration and discovering. Meanwhile, several missions are defined as listed below:

• Exploration of the solar system
• Exploration of the outer limit on sun’s sphere of influence
• Search for Heliopause boundary
• Search about the outer limits of the sun’s magnetic field and the outer flow of the solar wind
• Measurement of the interstellar fields, particles and waves unaffected by the solar wind

Accomplished Missions and discoveries

Since 39 years travelling, Voyager 1 & 2 accomplished most of their goals. Below there are several examples about these discoveries.

• Active volcanoes and complex cloud forms in Jupiter’s moon
• Complex discoveries about Saturn’s ring
• 10 additional moons discovered around Uranus
• 3 complete rings and 6 unknown moons around Neptune
• Exploring the outermost edge of the sun domain’s and beyond
• In 1980 Nov. 12, Voyager 1 Began the trip out of the solar system
• 2012 Aug. 25 Voyager 1 entered the interstellar Space

References

http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/interstellar.html
http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/index.html
http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/index.html
http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/timeline.html