Thirty years ago, NASA’s Voyager 2 mission flew by Neptune, capturing the first close-up images of the blue gas giant. Before this, the eighth planet in our solar system was ...

Voyager 2, NASA's longest-running mission, explored Neptune during a historic encounter on Aug. 25, 1989, sending back humanity's first close-ups of the planet.

Neptune's moon Triton is seen in new detail in this still from a NASA animation showing the best map yet of the moon using data from the Voyager 2 spacecraft collected during a flyby on Aug. 25, 1989.

Voyager 2 took this photo of Neptune's gigantic anti-cyclonic storm in 1989. Considered to be much like Jupiter's Red Spot, the storm was thought to span 8,000 by 4,100 miles. It was believed to ...

It’s 30 years this week since NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft made a close flyby of Neptune, giving humanity its first and only close-up. Arriving on August 25, 1989, it marked the end of the ...

Triton, at left, as imaged by Voyager 2, and Pluto, at right, as imaged by New Horizons. ... False-color image of Triton, Neptune's largest moon, taken by spacecraft Voyager 2.

Neptune, the farthest known planet, was last visited by Voyager 2 in the 1980s. Phys.org. ... The Arcanum mission is designed to orbit Neptune and land on Triton, ...

NASA has proposed a mission to explore Neptune's mysterious and "weird" moon, Triton, ... Global color mosaic of Triton, taken in 1989 by Voyager 2 during its flyby of the Neptune system.

Thirty years ago, NASA’s Voyager 2 mission flew by Neptune, capturing the first close-up images of the blue gas giant. Before this, the eighth planet in our solar system was ...

Voyager 2, NASA's longest-running mission, explored Neptune during a historic encounter on Aug. 25, 1989, sending back humanity's first close-ups of the planet.

Thirty years ago, NASA’s Voyager 2 mission flew by Neptune, capturing the first close-up images of the blue gas giant. Before this, the eighth planet in our solar system was ...