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Outer Space – Mind Blowing Video from Jupiter and Saturn

April 26, 2012

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter Video Caption: This mesmerizing video unveils incredibly amazing sequences around Jupiter and Saturn from NASA’s Cassini and Voyager missions set to stirring music by “The Cinematic Orchestra -That Home (Instrumental)”. Credit: Sander van den Berg Don’t hesitate 1 moment ! Look [...]

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Venerable Voyager 2 Spacecraft Gets a Tune-up 14 billion Kilometers From Earth

November 16, 2011

Every mechanic loves to tinker with a machine to give it optimum operating efficiency. But this latest engineering feat involving the Voyager 2 spacecraft wins the prize for longest distance tune-up. Akin to servicing an old car to increase gas mileage, engineers at JPL sent commands across 14 billion kilometers (9 billion miles) out to [...]

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Voyager 2 at Uranus, 25 Years Ago Today

January 24, 2011

Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft that has flown close by one of the more enigmatic planets in our solar system (and the butt of many one-liners): Uranus. It was 25 years ago today (Jan. 24) that Voyager made the close pass, and scientists from JPL have been reminiscing about how they pored over the [...]

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Voyager 1

September 14, 2010

The Voyager 1 spacecraft is the virtual twin of the Voyager 2 spacecraft. This pair was launched into space in 1977, to travel to the outer planets. Voyager 1 only made stops at Jupiter and Saturn, while Voyager 2 went on to explore Uranus and Neptune as well. Voyager 1 was launched on September 5th, [...]

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Voyager 2 Pictures

August 20, 2010

Here are some cool Voyager 2 pictures. You can make any of these images into your computer desktop wallpaper. Just click on an image to enlarge it, and then choose “Set as Desktop Background”. This is a picture showing the launch of the Voyager 2 space probe on August 20, 1977 through the Titan/Centaur rocket. [...]

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