Voyager spacecraft at Uranus,artwork. Two Voyager spacecraft (Voyager 1 and Voyager 2) were launched in 1977. This timing took advantage of a rare alignment of the giant outer planets Jupiter to Neptune,which made it possible for the spacecraft to visit them in a single mission. The probes successfully beamed images and scientific data back to Earth using their dish. Voyager 2 is currently 110 AU from the Earth – one of the most distant man-made objects in space. In this illustration it is seen passing the planet Uranus | |
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