Spacecraft
Voyager 2
Also Known As Mariner Jupiter-Saturn probe
Space Probe
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A robotic space probe launched by NASA in August 1977, sixteen days before its twin Voyager 1. It remains the only spacecraft to have visited Uranus and Neptune, and in 2018 became the second human-made object to enter interstellar space.
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Spacecraft Type ManufacturerNASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) 2 StatusOperational; transmitting from interstellar space as of the mid-2020s. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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Made the only close flyby of Neptune, in August 1989.
Made the only close flyby of Uranus, in January 1986.
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