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Voyager 2: The Only Spacecraft to Visit All Four Giant Planets and Still Going Strong After 49 Years


In March of 1977, engineers at JPL were busy preparing Voyager 2 to be launched by NASA in August, 1977. This spacecraft will carry out scientific missions by carrying 10 different instruments; however, by theworldaroundme

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