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'''Voyager 2''' is a [[NASA]] satellite launched on August 20 1977 at [[Cape Canaveral]], [[Florida]]
== Timeline ==
'''1977'''
*Aug. 20: Voyager 2 launched from Kennedy Space Flight Center.
'''1979'''
*July 9: Voyager 2 comes in for its closest visit of Jupiter.
'''1981'''
*Aug. 25: Voyager 2 flies by Saturn
'''1986'''
*Jan. 20: Voyager 2 has the first-ever encounter with Uranus.
'''1987'''
*Voyager 2 "observes" Supernova 1987A
'''1988'''
*Voyager 2 returns first color images of Neptune.
'''1989'''
*Aug. 25: Voyager 2 is the first spacecraft to observe Neptune. Voyager 2 begins its trip out of the Solar System, below the ecliptic plane.
'''1990'''
*Jan. 1: Begins Voyager Interstellar Mission.
*Feb. 14: Last Voyager Images - Portrait of the Solar System.
'''2004'''
*Dec. 16: Voyager enters Solar Systems' Final Frontier.
'''2005'''
*Jan. 5: Voyagers Surpass 10,000 Days Of Operation.
== External links ==
[http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/index.html NASA's Voyager website]
[[Category:Science]]
[[Category:Space Exploration]]
== Timeline ==
'''1977'''
*Aug. 20: Voyager 2 launched from Kennedy Space Flight Center.
'''1979'''
*July 9: Voyager 2 comes in for its closest visit of Jupiter.
'''1981'''
*Aug. 25: Voyager 2 flies by Saturn
'''1986'''
*Jan. 20: Voyager 2 has the first-ever encounter with Uranus.
'''1987'''
*Voyager 2 "observes" Supernova 1987A
'''1988'''
*Voyager 2 returns first color images of Neptune.
'''1989'''
*Aug. 25: Voyager 2 is the first spacecraft to observe Neptune. Voyager 2 begins its trip out of the Solar System, below the ecliptic plane.
'''1990'''
*Jan. 1: Begins Voyager Interstellar Mission.
*Feb. 14: Last Voyager Images - Portrait of the Solar System.
'''2004'''
*Dec. 16: Voyager enters Solar Systems' Final Frontier.
'''2005'''
*Jan. 5: Voyagers Surpass 10,000 Days Of Operation.
== External links ==
[http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/index.html NASA's Voyager website]
[[Category:Science]]
[[Category:Space Exploration]]