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- This trajectory allowed Voyager 2 to observe Neptune’s large moon Triton, the last solid object it explored.
www.nasa.gov/history/45-years-ago-voyager-2-begins-its-epic-journey-to-the-outer-planets-and-beyond/45 Years Ago: Voyager 2 Begins its Epic Journey to the Outer ...
Voyager 2 last used those thrusters during its encounter with Neptune in 1989. The spacecraft's aging attitude control thrusters have been experiencing degradation that required them to fire an increasing and untenable number of pulses to keep the spacecraft's antenna pointed at Earth.
- United States of America (USA)
- 1,592 pounds (721.9 kilograms)
- Voyager 2
Voyager 2 is a space probe launched by NASA on August 20, 1977, as a part of the Voyager program. It was launched on a trajectory towards the gas giants Jupiter and Saturn and enabled further encounters with the ice giants Uranus and Neptune.
Apr 28, 2019 · Voyager 1’s objective was to flyby Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and their moons all at once as part of the so-called ‘Grand Tour’ which is only possible every 175 years! To this day Voyager 2 is still the only spacecraft to have visited the ice giants – Uranus and Neptune!
Aug 17, 2022 · While Voyager 1 focused on Jupiter and Saturn, Voyager 2 visited both those planets and also ventured to Uranus and Neptune. Voyager 2's mission to those last two planets would be humanity's...
Aug 25, 2019 · Voyager 2 is still the only spacecraft to visit the outer planets of Neptune and Uranus. The Voyager probes launched in 1977. Together, they visited Saturn and Jupiter and their moons.
Aug 17, 2022 · At the rate gold decays in space and is eroded by cosmic radiation, the records will last more than a billion years. Beyond Expectations. Voyager 2 launched on Aug. 20, 1977, quickly followed by Voyager 1 on Sept. 5. Both probes traveled to Jupiter and Saturn, with Voyager 1 moving faster and reaching them first.