Q48475

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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Location: KML, Cluster Map, Maps,

1977-08-20T00:00:00Z

1977-08-20T00:00:00Z

1977 Voyager 2

1981-08-25T00:00:00Z

1981-08-25T00:00:00Z

planetary flyby

1986-01-24T00:00:00Z

1986-01-24T00:00:00Z

planetary flyby

1979-07-09T00:00:00Z

1979-07-09T00:00:00Z

planetary flyby

1977-08-20T00:00:00Z

1977-08-20T00:00:00Z

rocket launch

1989-08-24T00:00:00Z

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 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

• Plasma observations near jupiter: initial results from voyager 2. - scientific article, Q1860, 1979
• Magnetic field studies at jupiter by voyager 2: preliminary results - scientific article, Q1860, 1979
• Voyager 2 encounter with the jovian system - scientific article, Q1860, 1979
• Extreme ultraviolet observations from voyager 2 encounter with jupiter - scientific article, Q1860, 1979
• The voyager 2 encounter with the neptunian system - scientific article, Q1860, 1989
• Photometric observations of jupiter at 2400 angstroms - scientific article, Q1860, 1979
• Radio science with voyager at jupiter: initial voyager 2 results and a voyager 1 measure of the io torus - scientific article, Q1860, 1979
• 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
• Infrared observations of the jovian system from voyager 2. - scientific article, Q1860, 1979
• Plasma observations near neptune: initial results from voyager 2. - scientific article published in December 1989, Q1860
• The voyager 2 encounter with the uranian system - scientific article (publication date: 4 July 1986), Q1860
• Plasma observations near uranus: initial results from voyager 2. - scientific article, Q1860, 1986
• Voyager 2 in the uranian system: imaging science results - scientific article published in January 1986, Q1860
• Voyager 2 in the uranian system: imaging science results - scientific article published in January 1986, Q1860
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Voyager 2 at neptune: imaging science results - scientific article, Q1860, 1989
• The upper atmosphere of Uranus: EUV occultations observed by Voyager 2 - scientific article published in 1987, Q1860
• Photometry from voyager 2: initial results from the uranian atmosphere, satellites, and rings - scientific article, Q1860, 1986
• Uranian ring photometry: Results from Voyager 2 - scholarly article by Maureen E. Ockert et al published 1987 in Journal of Geophysical Research, Q1860
• The atmosphere of Uranus: Results of radio occultation measurements with Voyager 2 - scientific article published in 1987, Q1860
• Voyager 2 Neptune navigation results - article published in 1990
• Jupiter's Cloud Distribution Between the Voyager 1 and 2 Encounters: Results from 5-Micrometer Imaging - scientific article, Q1860, 1979
• Voyager 2 encounter with the saturnian system - scientific article, Q1860, 1982
• A new look at the saturn system: the voyager 2 images - scientific article, Q1860, 1982
• Planetary radio astronomy observations from voyager 2 near jupiter - 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
• 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
• Hot plasma environment at jupiter: voyager 2 results - scientific article, Q1860, 1979
• Photometry from voyager 2: initial results from the neptunian atmosphere, satellites, and rings - scientific article published on December 1989, Q1860
• Extreme ultraviolet observations from the voyager 2 encounter with saturn - scientific article, Q1860, 1982
• The galilean satellites and jupiter: voyager 2 imaging science results - scientific article (publication date: 23 November 1979), Q1860

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	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