Triumph of the Voyager mission
It had been a long, productive trip. Launched in 1977, the two Voyager spacecraft had visited three giant planets, a dozen major Moons, three ring systems with thousands of rings composed of a myriad of tiny Moonlets. The spacecraft had returned 5 trillion bits of data and over 100,000 photographs. The last encounter in our Solar System by Voyager 2 with Neptune was to be a spectacular finale to the 12-year drama.
Citation Information
Publication Year | 1989 |
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Title | Triumph of the Voyager mission |
Authors | R. A. Kerr |
Publication Type | Article |
Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
Series Title | Earthquakes & Volcanoes (USGS) |
Index ID | 70168492 |
Record Source | USGS Publications Warehouse |