Voyager turns 45: What the iconic mission taught us and what's next - Space.com

Can the first probe to visit Neptune and Uranus make it to its 50th anniversary?

Forty-five years ago, on Aug. 20, 1977, NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on a Titan III-Centaur rocket, embarking on a "grand tour" of the solar system that would in… [+7348 chars]

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