Voyager 2
Neptune's only visitor
Voyager 2 is a NASA space probe launched in 1977 to study the outer planets.
It remains the only spacecraft to have visited Uranus and Neptune, and in 2018 became the second human-made object to enter interstellar space, after its twin Voyager 1.
Both carry golden records containing sounds and images representing life on Earth.
Solar system's outermost boundary
- heliosphereSun-dominated space bubble
- solar windContinuous stellar particle emission
- cosmic raysEnergetic particles from beyond
- plasmaElectrified matter state
termination shock · interstellar space · charged particles · deep space · Kuiper belt
Sea deity with conch
- MirandaCustodial rights advisement
- volcanic activityGeological heat release
- magnetic fieldsRegions of magnetic influence
- ProteusProphetic, transforming sea god
Ariel · Oberon · Titania · shepherd moons · auroras · magnetosphere · Larissa · Nereid
Thorough examination or tool
- flybyClose pass without landing
- gravity-assistSpacecraft trajectory boost technique
- trajectoryPath of moving object
- antennaBroadcast signal receiver
data transmission · remote sensing · magnetometer · spectrometer · dish antenna · onboard computer · thrusters · attitude control
Largest solar system planet
- SaturnRinged gas giant
- UranusSideways-spinning outer world
- NeptuneEighth planet or sea deity
- planetary alignmentWorlds sharing orbital plane
outer planets · gas giants · ice giants · gravitational slingshot
Robotic spacecraft research facility
- Jet Propulsion LaboratoryNASA spacecraft development facility
- planetary scienceStudy of worlds and moons
- space agencyBody managing spaceflight programs
- mission controlEarth-based space operations hub
Carl Sagan · Pasadena · government funding · tracking station · flight engineers
heliopause
Solar system's outermost boundary
- heliosphereSun-dominated space bubble
- solar windContinuous stellar particle emission
- cosmic raysEnergetic particles from beyond
plasma · termination shock · interstellar space · charged particles · deep space · Kuiper belt
Triton
Sea deity with conch
- MirandaCustodial rights advisement
- volcanic activityGeological heat release
- magnetic fieldsRegions of magnetic influence
Proteus · Ariel · Oberon · Titania · shepherd moons · auroras · magnetosphere · Larissa · Nereid
probe
Thorough examination or tool
- flybyClose pass without landing
- gravity-assistSpacecraft trajectory boost technique
- trajectoryPath of moving object
antenna · data transmission · remote sensing · magnetometer · spectrometer · dish antenna · onboard computer · thrusters · attitude control · telemetry
Jupiter
Largest solar system planet
planetary alignment · outer planets · gas giants · ice giants · gravitational slingshot
JPL
Robotic spacecraft research facility
- Jet Propulsion LaboratoryNASA spacecraft development facility
- planetary scienceStudy of worlds and moons
- space agencyBody managing spaceflight programs
Carl Sagan · mission control · Pasadena · government funding · tracking station · flight engineers
- space probesNew Horizons, Cassini, Galileo, Juno, Rosetta
- Voyager MissionGrand Tour, interstellar space, heliopause, JPL
- spacecraftspacecraft, starships, spaceship, rocket ships, space shuttles
- 1977Star Wars, Saturday Night Fever, disco, punk rock, Sex Pistols
- Ice GiantsNeptune, Uranus, ice giant, Triton, Miranda
- Jupiter explorationEuropa, Io, Ganymede, Callisto, Great Red Spot
Voyager 2Apollo 11
First manned lunar landing
Space Shuttle · Soyuz · International Space Station · Skylab · manned mission
Voyager 2GPS satellite
Orbiting position signal source
weather satellite · CubeSat · Hubble Space Telescope · lunar orbiter · communications satellite
- Voyager 1Interstellar NASA spacecraft
- Star Trek Voyager
- Voyager programDual probe deep-space mission
- Voyager missionsSpacecraft exploring beyond planets
- Voyager probesInterstellar exploration spacecraft