Voyager 2

Voyager 2 is a space probe launched by NASA on August 20, 1977, as a part of the Voyager program. It was launched on a trajectory towards the gas giants and enabled further encounters with the ice giants. The only spacecraft to have visited either of the ice giant planets, it was the third of five spacecraft to achieve Solar escape velocity, which allowed it to leave the Solar System. Launched 16 days before its twin Voyager 1, the primary mission of the spacecraft was to study the outer planets and its extended mission is to study interstellar space beyond the Sun's heliosphere.

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1977 Website, Wikimedia, Wikidata
MJS 77B; Mariner 77B; Mariner Jupiter/Saturn B; Outer Planets B; Voyager 77-3; Voyager II; Voyager2
flyby probe, Titan IIIE,

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1977-08-20T00:00:00Z

1977 Voyager 2

1981-08-25T00:00:00Z

planetary flyby

1986-01-24T00:00:00Z

planetary flyby

1979-07-09T00:00:00Z

planetary flyby

1977-08-20T00:00:00Z

rocket launch

1989-08-24T00:00:00Z

planetary flyby

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Frameless

Voyager 2's image of Iapetus's north pole at a distance of 910,000 km.

Voyager Instruments

Voyager 2 Flight Hardware PIA21726

Voyager 2 Encapsulation PIA21728

Photo of Voyager I

Voyager 2 Flight Hardware PIA21478

Voyager 2 Testing PIA21736

Voyager 2 in Launch Vehicle PIA21727

Voyager 2 is encapsulated

Planetary radio astronomy observations from voyager 2 near jupiter - scientific article, Q1860, 1979
Infrared observations of the jovian system from voyager 2. - scientific article, Q1860, 1979
The upper atmosphere of Uranus: EUV occultations observed by Voyager 2 - scientific article published in 1987, Q1860
Voyager 2 in the uranian system: imaging science results - scientific article published in January 1986, Q1860
Plasma observations near jupiter: initial results from voyager 2. - scientific article, Q1860, 1979
Plasma observations near neptune: initial results from voyager 2. - scientific article published in December 1989, Q1860
Voyager 2 in the uranian system: imaging science results - scientific article published in January 1986, Q1860
Facing a Final Exam at Neptune: Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus have taught many lessons about the outer planets; but will they apply to Voyager 2's last port-of-call, the still mysterious planet Neptune? - scientific article published on August 1989, Q1860
Hot plasma environment at jupiter: voyager 2 results - scientific article, Q1860, 1979
Voyager 2 Neptune navigation results - article published in 1990
Photometry from voyager 2: initial results from the neptunian atmosphere, satellites, and rings - scientific article published on December 1989, Q1860
Jupiter's Cloud Distribution Between the Voyager 1 and 2 Encounters: Results from 5-Micrometer Imaging - scientific article, Q1860, 1979
Photometric observations of jupiter at 2400 angstroms - scientific article, Q1860, 1979
Extreme ultraviolet observations from the voyager 2 encounter with saturn - scientific article, Q1860, 1982
Voyager 2 encounter with the saturnian system - scientific article, Q1860, 1982
The atmosphere of Neptune - an analysis of radio occultation data acquired with Voyager 2 - scientific article published in Astronomical Journal, Q1860, 1992
The Orbits of the Inner Uranian Satellites from Hubble Space Telescope and Voyager 2 Observations - scientific article, Q1860, 1998
Voyager 2 radio science observations of the uranian system: atmosphere, rings, and satellites - scientific article (publication date: 4 July 1986), Q1860
The Voyager 2 encounter with Uranus - scientific article (publication date: 1987), Q1860
Radio science with voyager at jupiter: initial voyager 2 results and a voyager 1 measure of the io torus - scientific article, Q1860, 1979
Revised exponential distance relation for the Uranian system after the Voyager 2 fly-by - scholarly article by Vladimir Pletser published June 1988 in Earth, Moon, and Planets, Q1860
Reanalysis of voyager 2 UVS occultations at Uranus: Hydrocarbon mixing ratios in the equatorial stratosphere - scholarly article by J. Bishop et al published December 1990 in Icarus, Q1860
Photometry from voyager 2: initial results from the uranian atmosphere, satellites, and rings - scientific article, Q1860, 1986
Plasma observations near uranus: initial results from voyager 2. - scientific article, Q1860, 1986
The voyager 2 encounter with the uranian system - scientific article (publication date: 4 July 1986), Q1860
Voyager 2 encounter with the jovian system - scientific article, Q1860, 1979
The galilean satellites and jupiter: voyager 2 imaging science results - scientific article (publication date: 23 November 1979), Q1860
Uranian ring photometry: Results from Voyager 2 - scholarly article by Maureen E. Ockert et al published 1987 in Journal of Geophysical Research, Q1860
Extreme ultraviolet observations from voyager 2 encounter with jupiter - scientific article, Q1860, 1979
Voyager 2 at neptune: imaging science results - scientific article, Q1860, 1989
Voyage to a Blue Planet:: As in its previous encounters with Jupiter and Saturn, Voyager 2 provided an abundance of data at Uranus--and a generous helping of surprise, puzzlement, and wonder - scientific article, Q1860, 1986
Plasma wave observations near jupiter: initial results from voyager 2. - scientific article, Q1860, 1979
Voyager 2: energetic ions and electrons in the jovian magnetosphere - scientific article, Q1860, 1979
A new look at the saturn system: the voyager 2 images - scientific article, Q1860, 1982
Magnetic field studies at jupiter by voyager 2: preliminary results - scientific article, Q1860, 1979
The voyager 2 encounter with the neptunian system - scientific article, Q1860, 1989
The atmosphere of Uranus: Results of radio occultation measurements with Voyager 2 - scientific article published in 1987, Q1860

Type	Subtype	Description	Source

commons	image	Voyager 2's image of Iapetus's north pole at a distance of 910,000 km.	Commons
commons	image	Voyager 2's image of Iapetus's north pole at a distance of 910,000 km.	Commons
commons	image	Voyager Instruments	Commons
commons	image	Voyager 2 Flight Hardware PIA21726	Commons
commons	image	Voyager 2 Encapsulation PIA21728	Commons
commons	image	Photo of Voyager I	Commons
commons	image	Voyager 2 Flight Hardware PIA21478	Commons
commons	image	Voyager 2 Testing PIA21736	Commons
commons	image	Voyager 2 in Launch Vehicle PIA21727	Commons
commons	image	Voyager 2 is encapsulated	Commons

Voyager 2

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