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creatayesterday at 3:19 PM2 repliesview on HN

To save someone two seconds of searching,

NASA animation of Voyager 2's trajectory (time in the bottom-left corner): https://youtu.be/l8TA7BU2Bvo


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JoBradyesterday at 11:09 PM

I know that space is incredibly empty, but the vast expanse of space just boggles my mind so much. Even a slight miscalculation could have meant that the spacecraft hit that massive grid rotating around the orbit of Neptune.

snowwrestleryesterday at 3:43 PM

This is great. I did not realize Voyager 2 also left the ecliptic at the end of its tour.

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