6/5/2023 0 Comments The pale blue dot![]() ![]() The probe took a "family portrait" series of 60 photos, capturing the sun, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune in addition to Earth. And not just its home planet - its home system. Mission team members decided to turn off the two probes' cameras to save precious power during the long journey (and because they probably wouldn't have many chances to photograph interesting things out beyond Neptune anyway).īut Voyager 1 turned around to take one last look at home before closing its eyes. But the two spacecraft kept on flying, out toward the great unknown of interstellar space. The tour was over after the Neptune encounter, which Voyager 2 executed in August 1989. Together, the two probes conducted an unprecedented "grand tour" of the solar system's giant planets, flying by Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Voyager 1 launched a few weeks after its twin, Voyager 2, back in 1977. ![]() ![]() The "Family Portrait of the Solar System" series of images taken by Voyager 1 before its camera shut down. ![]()
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