Titan IIIE | Voyager 2

Mission Details

Voyager 2 is a space probe launched by NASA on August 20, 1977, to study the outer planets. Part of the Voyager program, it was launched 16 days before its twin, Voyager 1, on a trajectory that took longer to reach Jupiter and Saturn but enabled further encounters with Uranus and Neptune. It is the only spacecraft to have visited either of the ice giants.

Type

Robotic Exploration

Orbit

Solar Escape Trajectory (Solar Esc.)

Programs

NASA Large Strategic Science Missions

Launch Site

Pad

Space Launch Complex 41

Location

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Country

🇺🇸 USA