
Voyager II Probe Leaves Solar System

by Science Photo Library
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Voyager II Probe Leaves Solar System
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Science Photo Library
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Photograph - Photograph
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Voyager spacecraft, artwork. Two Voyager spacecraft (Voyager 1 and Voyager 2) were launched in 1977. This timing took advantage of a rare alignment of the giant outer planets Jupiter and Saturn, which made it possible for the spacecraft to visit them in a single mission. The probes successfully beamed images and scientific data back to Earth using their dish. Voyager 2 is currently 110 AU from the Earth one of the most distant man-made objects in space. In this illustration it is seen passing a comet nucleus as it heads out into interstellar space, its mission among the planets long over.
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September 16th, 2018
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