Voyager spacecraft leaving Earth, artwork. Two Voyager spacecraft (Voyager 1 and Voyager 2) were launched in 1977. This timing took advantage of a rar

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Voyager spacecraft leaving Earth, artwork. Two Voyager spacecraft (Voyager 1 and Voyager 2) were launched in 1977. This timing took advantage of a rare alignment of the four giant outer planets Jupiter to Neptune, which made it possible for the spacecraft to visit them in a single mission. The probes successfully beamed images and scientific data back to Earth using their dishes. Voyager 2 is currently 110 AU from the Earth – one of the most distant man-made objects in space. In this illustration it is seen leaving Earth, its long mission among the planets about to begin.

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Size: 5748px × 3799px
Photo credit: © MARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: art, artwork, craft, earth, exploration, historic, illustration, interplanetary, mission, nasa, outer, planet, planetary, probe, science, solar, space, spacecraft, spaceflight, system, unmanned, voyager, voyagers