Voyager 2 began transmitting images of Jupiter April 24, 1979, for time-lapse movies of atmospheric circulation. Unlike Voyager 1, Voyager 2 made close passes to the Jovian moons on its way into the system, with scientists especially interested in more information from Europa and Io (which necessitated a 10 hour-long “volcano watch”). Three of Saturn's icy moons are evident at left. Voyager 2 CRS Data Full Resolution: TIFF (538.3 kB) JPEG (197.1 kB) 2018-12-10: Voyager Interstellar Mission: 3840x2160x3: PIA22924: Voyager 2: Hello Interstellar Space, Goodbye Heliosphere Full Resolution: TIFF (8.947 MB) JPEG (633.8 kB) 2018-12-10 Voyager 2’s charge into interstellar space follows that of sibling Voyager 1, which accomplished the same feat in 2012. Voyager 2 live position and data This page shows Voyager 2 location and other relevant astronomical data in real time. If Voyager 1 failed when taking pictures of Jupiter and Saturn, NASA was prepared to alter Voyager 2's path to follow Voyager 1's trajectory. (652 mi.)
This is an image of the planet Uranus taken by the spacecraft Voyager 2. Neptune In the summer of 1989, NASA's Voyager 2 became the first spacecraft to observe the planet Neptune, its final planetary target.
This true color picture was assembled from Voyager 2 Saturn images obtained Aug. 4 from a distance of 21 million kilometers (13 million miles) on the spacecraft's approach trajectory. ); and Rhea, 1,530 km.
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Upon successful completion of Voyager 1's objectives, Voyager 2 would get a mission extension to send the probe on towards Uranus and Neptune. Voyager 2 radioed thousands of images and voluminous amounts of other scientific data on the planet, its moons, rings, atmosphere, interior and the magnetic environment surrounding Uranus.
Voyager 2 was ready as a backup for Voyager 1.
Twenty-five years ago today the Voyager 2 spacecraft flew past Neptune, the furthest planet from the sun.
They are, in order of distance from the planet: Tethys, 1,050 km. Voyager 2: the story of its mission so far – in pictures Possible variations in chemical composition from one part of Saturn’s ring system to another are visible in this Voyager 2 picture.
Voyager 2 CRS Data Full Resolution: TIFF (538.3 kB) JPEG (197.1 kB) 2018-12-10: … The celestial coordinates, magnitude, distances and speed are updated in real time and are computed using high quality data sets provided by the JPL Horizons ephemeris service (see acknowledgements for details). in diameter; Dione, 1,120 km. (951 mi.). Voyager 2 was also to explore Jupiter and Saturn, but on a trajectory that would have the option of continuing on to Uranus and Neptune, or being redirected to Titan as a backup for Voyager 1.