45 Years Ago: Voyager 2 Begins Its Epic Journey to the Outer Planets and Beyond - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
8/19/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 8 months ago
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The ambitious mission took advantage of a rare alignment of the outer planets before continuing its journey into interstellar space.
Voyager 2 carried out the first close-up observations of Uranus between Nov. 4, 1985, and Feb. 25, 1986, making its closest approach of 50,700 miles above the planets cloud tops on Jan. 24, 1986. It … [+1131 chars]
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