Voyager spacecraft leaving Earth, artwork. Two Voyager spacecraft (Voyager 1 and Voyager 2) were launched in 1977. This timing took advantage of a rare alignment of the four 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 dishes. 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 leaving Earth, its long mission among the planets about to begin. | |
Licence : | Droits gérés |
Crédit: | Science Photo Library / Garlick, Mark |
Taille de l’image : | 3799 px × 5748 px |
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