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Revision as of 11:14, April 7, 2008
Voyager 2 is a NASA satellite launched on August 20 1977 from 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.