Voyager 2's close encounter with Uranus wasn't in the original plan

Theregister | 27-01-2026 11:16pm |

40 years later, mission boffin recalls being told to pronounce it correctly It is 40 years since Voyager 2 performed the first and, so far, only flyby of the planet Uranus. The resulting trove of data, however, was a bonus that almost didn't happen....

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