Science For All | A look at Voyager 2’s journey
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Science For All | A look at Voyager 2’s journey

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Floating through the edge of the solar system, the Voyager 2 space probe heard a “shout” from its creators from almost 20 billion km away. During the Jupiter flyby, the probe collected crucial data on the planet’s clouds, its newly discovered moons and a faint ring system. Flying by Neptune, Voyager 2 discovered five moons, four rings and a “Great Dark Spot” on the planet. In December 2018, Voyager 2 left the Sun’s range of magnetic field and entered interstellar space.

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Aug. 21, 1989: Voyager 2 Reaches Triton
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Aug. 21, 1989: Voyager 2 Reaches Triton

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1989: Twelve years and one day after liftoff, Voyager 2 reaches Triton, the largest of Neptune's eight moons and the coldest, most unusual satellite in our solar system. Launched from Cape Canaveral on Aug. 20, 1977, Voyager 2, as the name suggests, was the second of two identical deep-space probes originally dispatched by NASA to gather data on Jupiter and …

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