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== Timeline ==
== Timeline ==
Below is a timeline of the Voyager 2 program from the inception of the Voyager program to the modern day.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/timeline/#event-a-once-in-a-lifetime-alignment|title=Voyager - Mission Timeline|accessdate=2019-07-24|publisher=voyager.jpl.nasa.gov}}</ref>
'''1965'''
*Summer: Calculations show a rare opportunity for a space probe launched in the late 1970s to visit all four [[gas giant]]s.
'''1972'''
*Jul. 1: The voyager project is approved and is initially named "Mariner". It was renamed to "Voyager" in March 1977.
'''1977'''
'''1977'''
*Aug. 20: Voyager 2 launched from Kennedy Space Flight Center.
*Aug. 20: Voyager 2 launched from Kennedy Space Flight Center.
'''2005'''
'''2005'''
*Jan. 5: Voyagers Surpass 10,000 Days Of Operation.
*Jan. 5: Voyagers Surpass 10,000 Days Of Operation.
'''2007'''
*Aug. 30: Voyager 2 crosses the termination shock and enters the heliosheath, three years after Voyager 1.
'''2012'''
*Aug. 12: Voyager 2 becomes NASA's longest running missing.
'''2018'''
*Nov 5: Voyager 2 becomes the second man made object to enter interstellar space.
== References ==
== References ==