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         The Voyagers delivered
         revelatory findings at their
         very first destination, the
         gas giant Jupiter. More
         surprises would follow
                                                                                              Astronaut Ron Garan
                                                                                              talks to the scientists
                                                                                              behind the Voyager
                                                                                              mission in The
                                                                                              Weekend Documentary:
                                                                                              Space 1977, on the
                                                                                              BBC World Service at
                                                                                              2pm on 20 August




















































         NASA/JPL-CALTECH X 5/PROCESSING BY STEVE MARSH, MARK GARLICK VOYAGER





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            In 1977, two spacecraft left Earth to explore the gas and ice
           giants. On the anniversary of their departure, Jenny Winder

             charts their journey towards the edge of the Solar System



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