| NASA Center: |
Kennedy Space Center |
| Image # : |
101-KSC-77PC-270 |
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| Date : |
08/20/1977
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Title
Voyager 2 Launch
Full Description
Voyager 2 was launched August 20, 1977, sixteen days before
Voyager 1 aboard a Titan-Centaur rocket. Their different flight
trajectories caused Voyager 2 to arrive at Jupiter four months
later than Voyager 1, thus explaining their numbering. The
initial mission plan for Voyager 2 specified visits only to
Jupiter and Saturn. The plan was augmented in 1981 to include a
visit to Uranus, and again in 1985 to include a flyby of Neptune.
After completing the tour of the outer planets in 1989, the
Voyager spacecraft began exploring interstellar space. The
Voyager mission has been managed by NASA's Office of Space
Science and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Keywords
Voyager Grand Tour JPL Robotic Exploration Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Outer Planets Interstellar Launch
Subject Category
Voyager-Galileo, Rocket Launches,
Reference Numbers
- Center:
KSC
- Center Number:
101-KSC-77PC-270
- GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2003-000002
Source Information
- Creator/Photographer: NASA
- Original Source: Digital
| Resolution | Format | Width
(Pixels) | Height
(Pixels) | Size
(KBytes) |
| Thumbnail |
JPEG |
68 |
90 |
8 |
| Small |
JPEG |
547 |
720 |
419 |
| Medium |
JPEG |
1140 |
1500 |
2,203 |
| Large |
JPEG |
2280 |
3000 |
11,482 |
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