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NASA Solarsystem Collection
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NASA Solarsystem Collection
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Voyager 2 Launch
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Voyager 2 Launch
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Voyager 2 was launched August 20, 1977, sixteen days before Voyager 1 aboard a Titan-Centaur rocket. Their different flight trajectories caused Voyager 2 to arrive at Jupiter four months later than Voyager 1, thus explaining their numbering.
The initial mission plan for Voyager 2 specified visits only to Jupiter and Saturn. The plan was augmented in 1981 to include a visit to Uranus, and again in 1985 to include a flyby of Neptune. After completing the tour of the outer planets in 1989, the Voyager spacecraft began exploring interstellar space.
The Voyager mission has been managed by NASA's Office of Space Science and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
*Image Credit*: NASA
description
Voyager 2 was launched August 20, 1977, sixteen days before Voyager 1 aboard a Titan-Centaur rocket. Their different flight trajectories caused Voyager 2 to arrive at Jupiter four months later than Voyager 1, thus explaining their numbering.
The initial mission plan for Voyager 2 specified visits only to Jupiter and Saturn. The plan was augmented in 1981 to include a visit to Uranus, and again in 1985 to include a flyby of Neptune. After completing the tour of the outer planets in 1989, the Voyager spacecraft began exploring interstellar space.
The Voyager mission has been managed by NASA's Office of Space Science and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
*Image Credit*: NASA
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08.20.1977
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Solar System Exploration
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Solar System Exploration
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SSE
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Space
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NASA
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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JPL
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Planets
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Planets
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Saturn
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Saturn
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Voyager
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Voyager
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Voyager 2
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Voyager 2
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Neptune
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Neptune
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Jupiter
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Jupiter
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Uranus
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Uranus
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Voyager 1
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Voyager 1
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Titan
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Titan
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Centaur
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Centaur
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Saturn
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Saturn
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Jupiter
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Jupiter
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Uranus
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Uranus
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
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1989
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1989
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August 20, 1977
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August 20, 1977
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1981
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1981
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1985
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1985
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08-20-1977
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08-20-1977
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1989
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1989
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1981
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1981
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1977
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1977
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1985
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1985
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UID:
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SPD-SLRSY-1807
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