Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Great Images in Nasa Collection
Title:
Voyager 2 Launch
Full 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.
Date:
08/20/1977
NASA Center:
Kennedy Space Center
Subject Category:
Rocket Launches
Subject Category:
Voyager-Galileo
Keywords:
JPL
Keywords:
Launch
Keywords:
Saturn
Keywords:
Tour
Keywords:
Jupiter
Keywords:
Voyager
Keywords:
Robotic
Keywords:
Grand
Keywords:
Uranus
Keywords:
Neptune
Keywords:
Exploration
Keywords:
Outer
Keywords:
Planets
Keywords:
Interstellar
Audience:
General Public
facet_what:
Saturn
facet_what:
Titan
facet_what:
Centaur
facet_what:
Galileo
facet_what:
Jupiter
facet_what:
Voyager
facet_what:
Neptune
facet_what:
Voyager 2
facet_what:
Voyager 1
facet_what:
Uranus
facet_where:
Saturn
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
facet_where:
Jupiter
facet_where:
Uranus
facet_where:
Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_when:
1985
facet_when:
1989
facet_when:
1981
facet_when:
August 20, 1977
facet_when:
08-20-1977
facet_when_year:
1977
facet_when_year:
1981
facet_when_year:
1985
facet_when_year:
1989
Image #:
101-KSC-77PC-270
original_url:
UID:
SPD-GRIN-GPN-2003-00 0002
Center:
KSC
Center Number:
101-KSC-77PC-270
GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2003-000002
Creator-Photographer:
NASA
Original Source:
Digital

Voyager 2 Launch