On January 24, 1986, NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft flew by Uranus.
This was the first time any spacecraft had ever visited Uranus. Its twin spacecraft, Voyager 1, only made it as far as Saturn before veering out of the plane of the solar system. Voyager 2 flew within 50,600 miles of Uranus and took the first and only close-up photos of the planet. During the encounter, Voyager 2 examined the rings around Uranus and discovered 10 of its 27 known moons. Voyager 2 also found that the planet's magnetic field is a twisted mess thanks to its bizarre sideways orientation. The spacecraft is now on its way out of the solar system and headed towards interstellar space.
This was the first time any spacecraft had ever visited Uranus. Its twin spacecraft, Voyager 1, only made it as far as Saturn before veering out of the plane of the solar system. Voyager 2 flew within 50,600 miles of Uranus and took the first and only close-up photos of the planet. During the encounter, Voyager 2 examined the rings around Uranus and discovered 10 of its 27 known moons. Voyager 2 also found that the planet's magnetic field is a twisted mess thanks to its bizarre sideways orientation. The spacecraft is now on its way out of the solar system and headed towards interstellar space.
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00:00On this day in space.
00:04On January 24th, 1986, NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft flew
00:08by Uranus. This was the first time that any spacecraft had ever
00:12visited Uranus. Its twin spacecraft, Voyager 1, only
00:16made it as far as Saturn before veering out of the plane of the solar system.
00:20Voyager 2 flew within 50,600 miles of Uranus
00:24and took the first and only close-up photos of the planet. During the
00:28encounter, Voyager 2 examined the rings around Uranus and discovered 10 of its
00:3227 known moons. Voyager 2 also found that the planet's magnetic
00:36field is a twisted mess thanks to its bizarre sideways orientation.
00:40The spacecraft is now on its way out of the solar system and headed towards
00:44interstellar space. And that's what happened on this day in space.
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