Voyager Grand Tour

The amazing story of a record

breaking spacecraft
 The Grand Tour
• The Grand Tour was a
mission to Jupiter,
Saturn, Uranus &
Neptune.
• This mission was made
easier by a once in 175
year alignment of
those same planets.
 Gravity Slingshot

•The Voyager’s would fly close to the

planets. It would use its gravity to speed
itself up and bend it path.
 The Spacecraft
• Here is an artist’s concept
of Voyager in space.
• This is about the size of a
small school bus.
• The Voyager’s cost around
one billion dollars
combined.
• It includes a plutonium
generator, a huge radio
dish, a movable camera &
other instruments.
The Launch

• Voyager 2 was
launched first,
on August 20,
1977.
• Voyager 1 was
launched 16 days
later on
September 5,
1977.
 Jupiter approach
• Voyager 1 reached Jupiter on March 5, 1979.
• Voyager 2 reached Jupiter on July 9, 1979
• Jupiter Flyby
 • Voyager
recorded
Jupiter's
magnetic field
radio signals
which when
played back is
very eerie.
• Jupiter also
has a ring
system. Those
two yellow
Discoveries at Jupiter lines are the
rings.
 • Jupiter has 79 moons.
• Jupiter has the most
moons in the solar
system. In most pictures
of Jupiter you'll see a
moon in front.

Jupiter’s moons
Jupiter’s Moon
Europa

• Europa is a moon. It is like

Earth because it has cracks
in its surface.
• There is evidence of
an underground
ocean of water or
ice.
 • Lo is a very active moon.
Jupiter’s Moon Lo • It has icy volcanic eruptions.
Saturn
flyby
The
Approach
• Saturn is one of the more
scenic planets because the
rings of the planet are so
large.
• Voyager 1 reached Saturn
on November 12, 1980.
• Voyager 2 reached Saturn 9
months later.
Discoveries at
Saturn
• Saturn has a outer ring
near one of its outer
moons
• Saturn has auroras
near its poles. the
bottom picture is an
aurora
• Saturn also has storms.
The top picture is a
Voyager 1
Farewell
to Saturn
• When Voyager visited
Titan it had to flyby
Titan at a lower angle
and using Titan’s
gravity slingshot its
self at a upward
angle.
 Uranus Flyby

• Voyager 2
reached
Uranus on
January 24,
1986
• 5.2 years after
the Saturn
flyby.
• 4 day after its
came closest
Uranus moons

• One of Uranus's biggest

moons is Titania. Very
similar name to Titan
Saturn’s largest moon
Neptune's largest moon’s
name is Triton. They are
huge moons.
Neptune
Flyby
 Neptune approach
• Voyager 2 reached
Neptune on August 25,
1989.
 Discoveries at Neptune
• One discovery was the
“small dark spot.”
• Smaller then Jupiter’s
and Saturn's storms but
looks more like a
hurricane.
 Voyager 2 Farewell
• Voyager 2 left after
viewing Triton one of the
moons of Neptune but
went out of the plane of
the solar system
downward.
 Voyager 1’s Final Farewell
• In the 1990s Voyager 1 now flung at a upward angle and took a mosaic
of pictures of the solar system.
 Message in a bottle
• The two Voyagers carried a golden record made out of
copper but gold plated. It was a message to any life out
there and it included lots of images, sounds and videos.
 Records broken
• Voyager is the only craft to visit the 4 outer
planets. It is the only craft to visit Uranus and
Neptune. It is the fastest moving craft and the
farthest man made craft in space. That is
record breaking!
The End!