{"id":119248,"date":"2026-08-14T13:02:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T07:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=119248"},"modified":"2026-08-14T13:02:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T07:32:39","slug":"voyager-2-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/voyager-2-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"Voyager 2 Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Voyager 2 Mission Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, NASA\u2019s Voyager 2 got a power-saving upgrade and its mission extended by a year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Voyager 2 Mission<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an unmanned space probe <\/span><b>launched by NASA in 1977.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Primary mission:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Its mission was to <\/span><b>study the outer planets of our <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/solar-system\/\" target=\"_blank\">solar system<\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, including Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune and their moons, and then continue on an interstellar mission.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the only spacecraft to have ever <\/span><b>visited Uranus and Neptune.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Achievements by the Voyager 2 Mission<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the only spacecraft to study all four of the solar system\u2019s giant planets at close range.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It discovered the 14th<\/span><b> moon of Jupiter.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was the first human-made object to <\/span><b>fly past Uranus.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At Uranus, Voyager 2 discovered 10 new moons and two new rings.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was the first human-made object to fly by Neptune.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At Neptune, Voyager 2 discovered five moons, four rings, and <\/span><b>a \u201cGreat Dark Spot.\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the second <\/span><b>spacecraft to enter interstellar space<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/technology\/science\/nasas-voyager-2-gets-power-saving-upgrade-mission-extended-by-a-year-10823232\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Voyager 2 Mission is an unmanned space probe launched by NASA in 1977. 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