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h1. 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

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*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