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Voyager 2 Sets Course For More Distant Shores;Edge of Sun's Influence Is Next Destination
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Scarred by the violent radiation of Jupiter and the dust belt of
Neptune, the intrepid robot explorer Voyager 2 today headed out on a
new mission-a hunt for the edge of the sun's influence and the shores
of the great stellar ocean.
Hailed by scientists as "the little robot that could," the
gnat-like spacecraft has completed its final assignment inside the
solar system-a stunning encounter with Neptune and its largest moon.
Like a cosmic message in a bottle, Voyager carries on its side a
12-inch gold-plated copper disc of recorded sounds from Earth:
greetings in 55 languages, the clap of ...
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