On July 9, 1979, NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft made its closest approach to Jupiter. Discover more space history 👉 https://trib.al/QxBTEVL It came within 354,000 miles (570,000 kilometers) of the planet's cloud tops. Voyager 2 was one of two space probes launched by NASA in 1977 to study the outer planets. It discovered a few rings around Jupiter. Also, both Voyager 1 and 2 probes spotted volcanoes erupting on the Jupiter's moon, Io. Voyager 2 took longer to reach Jupiter than its sister spacecra

Voyager 2 • Trajectory through the Solar System 8.2.2022 • This visualization tracks the trajectory of the Voyager 2 spacecraft through the solar system. Launched on August 20, 1977, it was one of two spacecraft sent to visit the giant planets of the outer solar system. Like Voyager 1, Voyager 2 flew by Jupiter and Saturn, but the Voyager 2 mission was extended to fly by Uranus and Neptune before being directed out of the solar system. To fit the 40 year history of the mission into a short visua