2007-11-01 16:06:56 · 8 answers · asked by Space smart 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Neptune Triton Orbiter (launch date 2016)
Voyager 2 Launched date Aug 20, 1977 // flyby Aug 24,25 1989
2007-11-01 16:46:52 · answer #1 · answered by TicToc.... 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spacecrafts That Have Visited Neptune
2017-01-11 16:47:33 · answer #2 · answered by yakel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There has only been one spacecraft that flew past Neptune - Voyager 2. Voyager 1's trajectory was toward a different quadrant, so it wasn't near Neptune when the craft crossed Neptune's orbit.
Voyager 2's closest approach to Neptune was in August 1989 - it made a close flyby of the moon Triton, and it imaged Neptune's Great Dark Spot (which has since disappeared, according to Hubble telescope observations).
2007-11-01 16:28:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft to have observed Neptune. It did a fairly close flyby in the Summer of 1989. More information can be found here: http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/image/neptune.html
(New Horizons will not pass anywhere close to Neptune since Neptune will not be in that area of Neptunes orbit.)
2007-11-01 20:02:59 · answer #4 · answered by cyswxman 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
voyager 2 is the only spacecraft to have visited either uranus or neptune. pluto has not been visited yet but the pluto express probe is currently en route.
2007-11-01 17:06:33 · answer #5 · answered by mikedelta 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yup, Voyager 2. That is the ONLY space craft to EVER visit Neptune. So far.
2007-11-01 16:20:29 · answer #6 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Voyager 2 in late 1989.
2007-11-01 16:16:01 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Voyager 2, but it didn't "visit" Neptune, it orbited around it.
2007-11-01 18:42:53 · answer #8 · answered by jhsm85 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋