SOLAR SYSTEM

UNIVERSE

SPACE EXPLORATION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Space probe launched to explore the outer planets and took the first pictures of Uranus and Neptune in 1977
A
Voyager 1
B
Viking 1 & 2
C
Voyager 2
D
Friendship 7
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Voyager 2 left Earth first, lifting off on Aug. 20, 1977, atop a Titan IIIE-Centaur rocket from Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, now Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, in Florida.

Detailed explanation-2: -Planetary Tour Between them, Voyager 1 and 2 explored all the giant planets of our outer solar system, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune; 48 of their moons; and the unique system of rings and magnetic fields those planets possess.

Detailed explanation-3: -Bottom line: The phenomenal Voyager 2 spacecraft launched on August 20, 1977. It ultimately visited all four outer planets – Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune – and remains the only craft from Earth to have done so.

Detailed explanation-4: -Outer Planet Exploration In 1973, Pioneer 10 became the first spacecraft to visit one of the outer planets.

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