Diagram showing the paths taken by the two Voyager spacecraft Voyager orange track was launched on September it encountered Jupiter on March Saturn on November then turned sharply headed out of the Solar System along a path at degrees to the plane of the ecliptic the plane in which the planets orbit the Sun Voyager red track was launched on August before Voyager it visited Jupiter on July Saturn on August Uranus on January Neptune on August is now heading towards the edge of the Solar System Both Voyagers will travel close to nearby stars in about years
