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Voyager 2

Voyager 2 is a NASA space probe launched on August 20, 1977, to study the outer planets. It is the only spacecraft to have visited Uranus and Neptune, providing invaluable data on these planets and their moons. Voyager 2 is now in interstellar space, continuing to send data back to Earth.

Source: science.nasa.gov

APODs including "Voyager 2"

Callisto: Dirty Battered Iceball

Callisto: Dirty Battered Iceball

01/09/2025

Neptune at Night

Neptune at Night

09/11/2024

Ringed Ice Giant Neptune

Ringed Ice Giant Neptune

06/09/2024

Shakespeare in Space

Shakespeare in Space

29/12/2023

Ringed Ice Giant Neptune

Ringed Ice Giant Neptune

19/08/2023

Crescent Neptune and Triton

Crescent Neptune and Triton

27/05/2023

Ringed Ice Giant Neptune

Ringed Ice Giant Neptune

23/09/2022

Interstellar Voyager

Interstellar Voyager

09/09/2022

Crescent Neptune and Triton

Crescent Neptune and Triton

25/07/2021

Verona Rupes: Tallest Known Cliff in the Solar System

Verona Rupes: Tallest Known Cliff in the Solar System

29/11/2020

Milky Way Voyager

Milky Way Voyager

02/09/2017

Verona Rupes: Tallest Known Cliff in the Solar System

Verona Rupes: Tallest Known Cliff in the Solar System

27/11/2016

New Horizons

New Horizons
Video

22/06/2015

Two Hours Before Neptune

Two Hours Before Neptune

15/02/2015

Flying Past Neptune's Moon Triton

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Video

26/08/2014

Tetons and Snake River, Planet Earth

Tetons and Snake River, Planet Earth

01/08/2014

Voyager's Neptune

Voyager's Neptune

15/05/2014

Despina, Moon of Neptune

Despina, Moon of Neptune

16/01/2014

Crescent Neptune and Triton

Crescent Neptune and Triton

14/04/2013

Farther Along

Farther Along

06/05/2011

Verona Rupes: Tallest Known Cliff in the Solar System

Verona Rupes: Tallest Known Cliff in the Solar System

04/04/2011

Two Hours Before Neptune

Two Hours Before Neptune

08/08/2010

Crescent Neptune and Triton

Crescent Neptune and Triton

13/12/2009

Despina, Moon of Neptune

Despina, Moon of Neptune

03/09/2009

Verona Rupes: Tallest Known Cliff in the Solar System

Verona Rupes: Tallest Known Cliff in the Solar System

23/07/2007

Triton: Neptune's Largest Moon

Triton: Neptune's Largest Moon

04/03/2007

Crescent Neptune and Triton

Crescent Neptune and Triton

18/06/2006

Ringed Planet Uranus

Ringed Planet Uranus

15/01/2003

Two Hours Before Neptune

Two Hours Before Neptune

22/09/2002

Stereo Saturn

Stereo Saturn

07/09/2002