A New World: NASA Recalls Voyager 2 Probe's 1989 Neptune Encounter
Tuesday, August 26, 2014 - 06:30
in Astronomy & Space
NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft made the first-ever flyby of Neptune on Aug. 25, 1989, zipping by the planet and its moon Triton in quick succession. The historic encounter gave a face to two worlds that until that time had dwelt in depth and shadow.