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Voyager 2 launched from Cape Canaveral

NASA's unmanned probe Voyager 2 launched from Cape Canaveral on an Atlas-Centaur rocket, beginning its long-duration mission to the outer planets and beyond.

Voyager 2 went on to provide the first close-up observations of Uranus and Neptune and remains one of the most significant U.S. scientific and exploratory achievements in space exploration.

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