ONE LAST LOOK AT A REMARKABLE NEIGHBOR - Gene H Hogberg - December 1981

Gene H Hogberg

Voyager 2 - a technological marvel - revealed new knowledge about the strange planet Saturn. But how does this information affect your life on earth? Another space spectacular is in the books. In midsummer the Voyager 2 spacecraft swooped to within 63,000 miles of Saturn. It sent back to earth a steady stream of pictures and new information about the complex planet, with its marvelous ring system and curious collection of satellites. Since its August 25 close encounter with the huge gaseous planet, the 1,800-pound automobile - sized unmanned probe equipped with two television cameras and nine other instruments - has moved deeper into the solar system. If all goes well, Voyager 2 is scheduled to unveil some of the wondrous mysteries of the planet Uranus in early 1986 and Neptune in mid-1989. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library