The discovery challenges findings made by Voyager 2, which collected data suggesting Uranus, unlike other giant planets in ...

Though it was far from intentional, Voyager 2's flyby may have taken place at the same time that some unusual space weather was squashing the planet's magnetic field – skewing the probe's data.

Our understanding of Uranus might have been all wrong for nearly 40 years. In January 1986, NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft zoomed past Uranus as part of a grand tour of the outer solar system. That ...

Voyager 2 visited Uranus in 1986 Much of our understanding of Uranus comes from Voyager 2's flyby, which to date remains the only time a spacecraft has visited the planet.

Voyager 2 is still the only spacecraft to visit the outer planets of Neptune and Uranus. The Voyager probes launched in 1977. Together, they visited Saturn and Jupiter and their moons.

If it’s a flyby, like the Voyager probes, or Pioneer 10 and 11, or New Horizons, you can do it in less than two years. You just need a good initial kick and you’ll happily be on your way.

The epic story of NASA’s Voyager mission to the outer planets and into interstellar space. Launched in 1977, NASA’s epic Voyager missions revolutionized our understanding of Jupiter, Saturn ...

Voyager 2 found an icy and dynamic moon complete with ice volcanoes. Surface features, as well as Triton’s strange orbit, make astronomers suspect it’s actually a kidnapped Pluto.

NASA and JPL recycled the Voyager name in 1977, applying it to twin Mariner-based Jupiter-Saturn spacecraft. Voyager 2 left Earth first, on Aug. 20, 1977, on a Titan III-E/Centaur, and Voyager 1 ...

NASA’s Galileo spacecraft flew by Jupiter’s moon Io to lose some speed, meaning the mission had to carry slightly less fuel for the retrofire burn that would put it in orbit around Jupiter.