Voyager Time Line
| DATE | MILESTONE |
| 1977 | Mariner Jupiter/Saturn 1977 is renamed Voyager |
| 1977 Aug. 20 | Voyager 2 launched from Kennedy Space Flight Center |
| 1977 Sept. 5 | Voyager 1 launched from Kennedy Space Flight Center Voyager 1 returns first spacecraft photo of Earth and Moon |
| 1979 Mar. 5 | Voyager 1 makes its closest approach to Jupiter |
| 1979 July 9 | Voyager 2 makes its closest approach to Jupiter |
| 1980 Nov. 12 | Voyager 1 flies by Saturn Voyager 1 begins its trip out of the Solar System |
| 1981 Aug. 25 | Voyager 2 flies by Saturn |
| 1982 | Deep Space Network upgrades two 26-m antennas to 34-m |
| 1986 Jan. 24 | Voyager 2 has the first-ever encounter with Uranus Deep Space Network begins expansion of 64-m antennas to 70-m |
| 1987 | Voyager 2 "observes" Supernova 1987A |
| 1988 | Voyager 2 returns first color images of Neptune |
| 1989 Aug. 25 | Voyager 2 is the first spacecraft to observe Neptune Voyager 2 begins its trip out of the Solar System, below the ecliptic plane |
| 1990 Jan. 1 | Begins Voyager Interstellar Mission |
| 1990 Feb. 14 | Last Voyager Images - Portrait of the Solar System |
| 1998 Feb. 17 | Voyager 1 passes Pioneer 10 to become the most distant human-made object in space |
| 2004 Dec. 16 | Voyager 1 crosses Termination Shock |
| 2007 Aug. 30 | Voyager 2 crosses Termination Shock |
| 2012 Aug. 25 | Voyager 1 enters Interstellar Space |