Voyager 2

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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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MJS 77B; Mariner 77B; Mariner Jupiter/Saturn B; Outer Planets B; Voyager 77-3; Voyager II; Voyager2
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    Voyager 2`s image of Iapetus`s north pole at a distance of 910,000 km.Voyager 2's image of Iapetus's north pole at a distance of 910,000 km.
    Voyager 2`s image of Iapetus`s north pole at a distance of 910,000 km.Voyager 2's image of Iapetus's north pole at a distance of 910,000 km.
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    Voyager 2 Flight Hardware PIA21726Voyager 2 Flight Hardware PIA21726
    Voyager 2 Encapsulation PIA21728Voyager 2 Encapsulation PIA21728
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    Voyager 2 Flight Hardware PIA21478Voyager 2 Flight Hardware PIA21478
    Voyager 2 Testing PIA21736Voyager 2 Testing PIA21736
    Voyager 2 in Launch Vehicle PIA21727Voyager 2 in Launch Vehicle PIA21727
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    commonsimageVoyager 2 Flight Hardware PIA21726 Commons
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    commonsimageVoyager 2 Testing PIA21736 Commons
    commonsimageVoyager 2 in Launch Vehicle PIA21727 Commons
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