Launch of the Voyager 1 spacecraft from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on September 5, 1977. Voyager 1 flew past Jupiter in March 1979 & Saturn in November 1980 before heading on a trajectory out of the Solar System. Its sister craft, Voyager 2, launched on August 20, 1977, has encountered Jupiter (July 1979), Saturn (August 1981), Uranus (January 1986) & is currently on course to fly past Neptune in August 1989. Pic reference: P-19449Bc.