Voyager 2 preceded it into space by 16 days, but Voyager 1 quickly overtook it on a faster trajectory, and arrived at Jupiter 4 months before its sister craft. Voyager 1 took this photo of Jupiter ...

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The probes were designed to take advantage of a rare alignment of outer planets, which occurs about every 176 years, to explore Jupiter and Saturn. Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft ever to fly by ...

Voyager 2 was launched in 1977, sixteen days before its twin probe Voyager 1. The primary aim of the Voyager mission was to collect information about two planets, Jupiter and Saturn. The two ...

Since Galileo first laid telescope-enhanced eyes on Jupiter, scientists have continued to study the curious world from both the ground and the sky. In 1979, NASA's Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft ...

CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images) It’s 45 years ago today that NASA launched its Voyager 2 probe. Taking advantage of a rare alignment of the planets the probe visit Jupiter in 1979, Saturn in ...