Voyager 2
AgencyNASA
Year1977
TypeInterstellar space
RocketTitan IIIE
CountryUSA
About the Mission
Launched 16 days before Voyager 1 but on a slower path. The only spacecraft to visit Uranus and Neptune. Discovered Jupiters rings, 22 new moons across the outer planets. Entered interstellar space in 2018. Its trajectory was possible only once every 176 years.
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